Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? can the reeds grow without water?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sedge-bush, or flag. Hebrew achu; so called, because from one root many brothers (as it were) spring. Septuagint style it Boutomon, as it was usually "cut for oxen "Genesis xli. 2. (Parkhurst) (Haydock)
As plants die without suction, so do those who depart from God. (Menochius)