Genesis 2:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Plant

Genesis 1:12

Psalm 104:14

Had not

Hebrews 6:7

To till

Genesis 3:23

Genesis 4:2

Bible References

Plant

The land produced vegetation -- plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

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

Had not

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

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

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.

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."

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.

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.

To till

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

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