Genesis 2:5

New English Translation

Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 2:6

Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 4:12

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Job 5:10

he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;

Psalm 104:14

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

Psalm 135:7

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Jeremiah 10:12

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

Jeremiah 10:13

When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Hebrews 6:7

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.