Genesis 2:5

The Passion Translation

there was yet no vegetation, grains of the field, or shrubs sprouting on the earth, for there was no one to cultivate the land, and Yahweh-God had not yet sent rain.

Cross References

Genesis 2:6

In those days a mist arose from the soil and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 3:23

Therefore, Yahweh-God expelled him from Eden’s paradise to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:12

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer produce crops for you; and you will be a fugitive, a homeless wanderer!”

Genesis 4:2

Then later, she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel grew up to be a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer, working the ground.

Psalm 104:14

Your compassion brings the earth’s harvest, feeding the hungry. You cause the grass to grow for livestock, along with the fruit, grains, and vegetables to feed mankind.

Psalm 135:7

He forms the misty clouds and creates thunder and lightning, bringing the wind and rain out of his heavenly storehouse.

Jeremiah 10:12

Yahweh made the earth by his glorious power and firmly established it by his great wisdom. By his skill he stretched out the sky.

Jeremiah 10:13

When he speaks, the heavenly ocean roars! He makes the clouds rise from the distant horizon. He launches his lightning in the midst of the rain and unleashes his stormy winds from heaven’s storehouses. Out of his treasuries of rain, lightning bolts, and stormy winds, he launches them forth.

Jeremiah 14:22

Can any of the false gods of foreign nations give us rain? Can the skies by themselves give showers? Only you can, O  Yahweh, our God! So, we place all our hope in you, for only you accomplish all these things.

Matthew 5:45

For that will reveal your identity as children of your heavenly Father. He is kind to all by bringing the sunrise to warm and rainfall to refresh whether a person does what is good or evil.

Hebrews 6:7

For men’s hearts are just like the soil that drinks up the showers which often fall upon it. Some soil will yield crops as God’s blessing upon the field.