Genesis 2:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This was before there were plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the earth, and there was no one to care for the plants.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God forced the man out of the Garden of Eden to work the ground he was made from.

Hebrews 6:7

Some people are like land that gets plenty of rain and produces a good crop for those who farm it. That kind of land has God’s blessing.

Job 5:10

He sends rain all over the earth and waters the fields.

Genesis 4:12

Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place.”

Genesis 4:2

Eve gave birth again to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer.

Jeremiah 14:22

Foreign idols don’t have the power to bring rain. The sky does not have the power to send down showers of rain. You, the Lord our God, are our only hope. You are the one who made all these things.

Psalm 135:7

He brings the clouds from the other side of the earth. He sends the lightning and the rain, and he opens the doors to release the winds.

Psalm 104:14

You make the grass grow to feed the animals. You provide plants for the crops we grow— the plants that give us food from the earth.

Matthew 5:45

If you do this, you will be children who are truly like your Father in heaven. He lets the sun rise for all people, whether they are good or bad. He sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong.

Genesis 2:6

So water came up from the earth and spread over the ground.

Jeremiah 10:12

God is the one who used his power and made the earth. He used his wisdom and built the world. With his understanding he stretched the sky over the earth.

Jeremiah 10:13

God causes the loud thunder, and he causes great floods of water to fall from the sky. He makes clouds rise in the sky every place on earth. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings out the wind from his storehouses.