The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Ver. 11. The tree grew, and was strong.] See Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 17:24. Plato compareth a man to a tree inverted, with the root above and the branches below. He also calleth him φυτον ουρανιον, a heavenly plant. Homer calleth great men γεγενημενα εχ Dιος ερνη .