Genesis 2:5

God's Word

Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because the Lord God hadn’t sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land.

Cross References

Genesis 2:6

Instead, underground water would come up from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.

Genesis 4:12

When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth to another child, Abel, Cain’s brother. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a farmer.

Job 5:10

He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

Psalm 104:14

You make grass grow for cattle and make vegetables for humans to use in order to get food from the ground.

Psalm 135:7

He is the one who makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth, who makes lightning for the thunderstorms, and who brings wind out of his storerooms.

Jeremiah 10:12

The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.

Jeremiah 10:13

He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

Jeremiah 14:22

The worthless gods of the nations can’t make it rain. By themselves, the skies can’t give showers. But you can, O Lord our God. We have hope in you because you do all these things.

Matthew 5:45

In this way you show that you are children of your Father in heaven. He makes his sun rise on people whether they are good or evil. He lets rain fall on them whether they are just or unjust.

Hebrews 6:7

God blesses the earth. So rain often falls on it, and it produces useful crops for farmers.