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-# General Information:
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-Yahweh's parable about the cedar continues.
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 # Cedars in the garden of God could not equal it
 
-Since these were God's words to Pharaoh, it can also be translated with the first person. Alternate translation: "The cedar trees in my garden were not as great as that tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
+"The cedar trees in my garden were not as great as that tree"
 
 # the garden of God
 
-This is another way of referring to "the garden of Eden."
+"the garden of Eden"
 
 # None among the cypress trees matched its branches
 
-Yahweh was comparing how many branches the trees had. Alternate translation: "None of the cypress trees had as many branches as the cedar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"None of the cypress trees had as many branches as the cedar"
 
 # cypress trees
 
-Cypress trees have very many branches. They can grow very tall. See how you translated "cypress" in [Ezekiel 27:5](../27/05.md).
+Cypress trees have very many branches. They can grow very tall. See how you translated "cypress" in Ezekiel 27:5. 
 
 # the plane tree could not equal its boughs
 
-It was implied Yahweh was comparing the long branches of the cedar tree with the long branches of the plane tree. Alternate translation: "the plane tree did not have branches like the cedar tree" or "no plane tree had branches as long as the branches of the cedar tree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"no plane tree had branches as long as the branches of the cedar tree"
 
 # plane tree
 
-A plane tree was a large, leafy tree with strong branches. It is similar to a sycamore tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
+A plane tree was a large, leafy tree with strong branches, similar to a sycamore tree.
 
 # was like it in its beauty
 
-"was as beautiful as the cedar tree"
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+"was as beautiful as the cedar tree"