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20 
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [[a]when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

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  1. Isaiah 32:20 This verse is challenging to interpret; the ancient rabbis allegorized it, interpreting the sowing as acts of charity and the waters as the Torah.

20 how blessed you will be,
    sowing(A) your seed by every stream,(B)
    and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.(C)

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