Genesis 2:5

and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

In Context

4This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,

6But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.

Genesis 4:2And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Job 5:10Who gives rain upon the earth, 1 Sending water on the earth: 1

Psalms 65:9Who quickens my soul in life, 1 And does not suffer my feet to be moved. 1

Psalms 135:7To him who alone made great lights; 1 For his mercy endures forever. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:5-8

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the… Read the whole commentary →

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