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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". Judah is compared to a vine that grows one direction and then another.
Its branches turned toward him
The branches of the vine turned toward the eagle, meaning they began to grow upward towards the sky.
its roots grew under it
"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"