Genesis 2:6

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And 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).

7And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.

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Cross References

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 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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