Genesis 2:5-6

King James Version

⁵And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

⁶But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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Genesis 2:5-6

New International Version

⁵Now 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, ⁶but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

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Footnotes

Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:6 Or mist

Genesis 2:5-6

New King James Version

⁵before any ^(A)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not ^(B)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man ^(C)to till the ground; ⁶but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.