but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground.
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;
Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.
He brings storm clouds from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the storms, and he brings out the wind from his storeroom.