Genesis 2:5
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5 when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no vegetation of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground,(A)
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Genesis 2:5
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5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(A) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(B) and there was no one to work the ground,
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 3:23
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23 therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.(A)
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Genesis 3:23
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23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(A) to work the ground(B) from which he had been taken.
Hebrews 6:7
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7 Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.(A)
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Hebrews 6:7
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7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
Job 5:10
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10 He gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;(A)
Job 5:10
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Genesis 4:12
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12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”(A)
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Genesis 4:12
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12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.(A) You will be a restless wanderer(B) on the earth.(C)”
Genesis 4:2
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2 Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.(A)
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Genesis 4:2
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Genesis 1:11-12
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11 Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so.(A) 12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:11-12
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11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(A) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(B)” And it was so.(C) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(D) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(E)
Jeremiah 14:22
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22 Can any idols of the nations bring rain,
or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God?
We set our hope on you,
for it is you who do all this.(A)
Jeremiah 14:22
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Psalm 135:7
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7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;
he makes lightnings for the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(A)
Psalm 135:7
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Psalm 104:14
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14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(A)
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Job 38:26-28
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26 to bring rain on a land where no one lives,
on the desert, which is empty of human life,(A)
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground put forth grass?(B)
28 “Has the rain a father,
or who has fathered the drops of dew?(C)
Job 38:26-28
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Matthew 5:45
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45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.(A)
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Matthew 5:45
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45 that you may be children(A) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.(B)
Psalm 65:9-11
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9 You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.(A)
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
Psalm 65:9-11
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9 You care for the land and water it;(A)
you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
to provide the people with grain,(C)
for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
you soften it with showers(D) and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,(E)
and your carts overflow with abundance.(F)
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land
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