⁵ Then he took of the seed of the land ^(A)and planted it in fertile soil.^[a] He placed it beside abundant waters. ^(B)He set it like a willow twig,

⁶ and it sprouted and became a ^(A)low ^(B)spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.