Genesis 2:6

A mist used to rise from the earth and water all the surface of the ground.

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In The King James Version

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

In Context

5there were not yet any plants on the earth, and no vegetation had sprung up; for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the soil.

7Then the Lord God molded a human being out of dust taken from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living being.

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Cross References

Psalms 135:7Clouds he brings up from the ends of the earth, lightnings he makes for the rain, wind he brings out of his storehouses.

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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