And the earth brought forth the herb of grass-bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth; and God saw that it was good.

He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

to rain upon the land where there is no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited land,

Who is the rain's father? And who has generated the drops of dew?

You have visited the earth, and saturated it; You have abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; You have prepared their food, for thus is the preparation [of it].

You will bless the crown of the year [because] of Your goodness; and Your plains shall be filled with fatness.

Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; He has made lightnings for the rain; He brings [the] winds out of His treasures.

Is there anyone among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? And will the sky yield His fullness [at their bidding]? Are not You He? We will even wait on You, O Lord, for You have made all these things.

so that you may prove to be sons of your Father in heaven; because He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

For the earth which drinks the rain often coming upon it, and bears suitable vegetation for those on account of whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

[ 3:24] so the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight, to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.

And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth.