Genesis 2:5

New International Reader's Version

At that time, bushes had not yet appeared on the earth. Plants had not started to grow. The Lord God had not sent rain on the earth. And there was no one to farm the land.

Cross References

Genesis 2:6

But streams came from the earth. They watered the entire surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God drove the man out of the Garden of Eden. He sent the man to farm the ground he had been made from.

Genesis 4:12

When you farm the land, it will not produce its crops for you anymore. You will be a restless person who wanders around on the earth.”

Genesis 4:2

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land.

Job 5:10

He sends rain on the earth. He sends water on the countryside.

Psalm 104:14

He makes grass grow for the cattle and plants for people to take care of. That’s how they get food from the earth.

Psalm 135:7

He makes clouds rise from one end of the earth to the other. He sends lightning with the rain. He brings the wind out of his storerooms.

Jeremiah 10:12

But God used his power to make the earth. His wisdom set the world in place. His understanding spread out the heavens.

Jeremiah 10:13

When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes clouds rise from one end of the earth to the other. He sends lightning along with the rain. He brings the wind out from his storerooms.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless gods of the nations bring rain? Do the skies send down showers all by themselves? No. Lord our God, you send the rain. So we put our hope in you. You are the one who does all these things.

Matthew 5:45

Then you will be children of your Father who is in heaven. He causes his sun to shine on evil people and good people. He sends rain on those who do right and those who don’t.

Hebrews 6:7

Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.