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It was great and beautiful, with long branches.
Its roots went down deep into the ground
and they drank plenty of water.
The cedar trees in God's garden were not as beautiful.
The branches of the pine trees were not as strong.
No other tree in God's garden was nearly as great or as beautiful.
I made that tree beautiful, with all its strong branches.
All the trees in Eden, God's garden, were jealous of that tree.

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It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(A)
The cedars(B) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(C)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(D)
I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(E)
    in the garden of God.(F)

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