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I said, “I’ll water my garden, and I’ll drench my flower bed. And look! The canal turned into a river for me, and my river turned into a sea.
They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
I only intended to water my orchard and flower beds, but the canal soon became a river, and the river became a sea.
I said, “I will water my plants, I will drench my flower beds.” Then suddenly this stream of mine became a river, and this river of mine became a sea.
I said to myself, “I will water my garden and drench its flower beds.” And suddenly my conduit became a river, and my river expanded into a sea.
I said, ‘I will water my garden and drench my flower-beds.’ And lo, my canal became a river, and my river a sea.
I said, ‘I will water my garden and drench my flower-beds.’ And lo, my canal became a river, and my river a sea.
I said, “I will water my garden and drench my flower-beds.” And lo, my canal became a river, and my river a sea.
I said, “I will water my garden and drench my flower beds.” And look, my canal became a river and my river a sea.
I said, “I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot”; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.
I said, “I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot”; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.
I said, I shall water my garden of plantings; and I shall greatly fill the fruit of my child-bearing. And lo! a plenteous way of water is made to (or for) me; and my flood nighed (or approached) to the sea.
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