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14 I grew tall like a palm tree in En-ged′i,[a]
    and like rose plants in Jericho;
like a beautiful olive tree in the field,
    and like a plane tree I grew tall.
15 Like cassia and camel’s thorn I gave forth the aroma of spices,
    and like choice myrrh I spread a pleasant odor,
like galbanum, onycha, and stacte,
    and like the fragrance of frankincense in the tabernacle.
16 Like a terebinth I spread out my branches,
    and my branches are glorious and graceful.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 24:14 Other authorities read on the beaches

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