Sirach 24:12-14

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¹³ “I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon
    and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.^(B)
14 I grew tall like a palm tree in En-gedi^[a]
    and like rosebushes in Jericho;
like a fair olive tree in the field
    and like a plane tree beside water^[b] I grew tall.^(C)