Genesis 2:5
Douay-Rheims
And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
God made every plant and herb, nature having no power to produce them until He commanded that they should spring forth. No rain had yet fallen to fertilize the earth : no man had yet labored in its cultivation. The sacred writer wishes us to understand that the natural productions all originate in the will and law of the Creator.
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1863 · Genesis 2:5
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