Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the sadeh was not yet in ha'aretz, and every herb of the sadeh had not yet yitzmach (sprung up); + 2:5 Moshiach is Tzemach, Zech 3:8 for Hashem Elohim had not caused it to rain upon ha'aretz, and there was not an adam (man) la'avod (to till, to work) haadamah (the ground).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

4These are the toledot of HaShomayim and of Ha'Aretz when they were created, in the Yom that Hashem Elohim made Eretz v'Shomayim,

6But there went up a mist from ha'aretz, and watered the whole face of the adamah.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding zera (seed), and the fruit tree yielding pri (fruit) after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

Genesis 4:2And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro'eh tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil).

Job 5:10Who giveth matar upon eretz, 1 and sendeth mayim upon the fields; 1

Psalms 65:9They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at Thy otot (signs); 1 Thou makest the outgoing exits of boker and erev to resound with joy. 1

Psalms 135:7He causeth the clouds to ascend at the end of HaAretz; 1 He maketh lightning for the matar (rain); 1 He bringeth the ruach out of His otzarot. 1

Matthew 5:45Do this so that you may become banim of your Av sh'ba'Shomayim, for His shemesh (sun) He makes to rise on the ra'im (evil ones) and the tovim (good ones), and He sends His geshem (rain) upon the tzaddikim (righteous ones) and the resha'im (unrighteous ones).

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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