Genesis 2:5 meaning and explanation
Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Genesis 2:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 2 begins a second telling of the creation story, focused on the human story, and verse 5 sets the scene before anything has sprouted. The narrator gives two reasons the fields were still bare: God had not yet sent rain, and there was no man to work the ground.
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