# Then it sprouted "Then the seed began to grow into a plant" # a spreading vine low to the ground "a vine that spreads out on the ground" # Its branches turned toward him The branches of the vine turned toward the eagle. This means that they began to grow upward towards the sky. # its roots grew under it Possible meanings are 1) "its roots grew under itself into the ground" or "the roots of the vine grew under the eagle." # So it became a vine "That is how the vine grew" # produced branches and sent out shoots "grew branches and spread its shoots"