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Gen 2:5 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

plant		Gen 1:12; Psa 104:14
had not		Job 5:10; Job 38:26-28; Psa 65:9-11; Psa 135:7; Jer 14:22; Mat 5:45; Hbr 6:7
to till		Gen 3:23; Gen 4:2,12

Correlating Passages

plant

	Gen 1:12	And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
	Psa 104:14	He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

had not

	Job 5:10	Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
	Job 38:26	To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
	Job 38:27	To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
	Job 38:28	Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
	Psa 65:9	Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
	Psa 65:10	Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
	Psa 65:11	Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
	Psa 135:7	He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
	Jer 14:22	Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].
	Mat 5:45	That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
	Hbr 6:7	For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

to till

	Gen 3:23	Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
	Gen 4:2	And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
	Gen 4:12	When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 2:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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