And the earth brought forth grass, the herb [that] yields seed according to its kind, and the tree [that] yields fruit, whose seed [is] in itself according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,

He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.

To cause it to rain on a land [where there is] no one, A wilderness in which [there is] no man;

Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.

You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip [with] abundance.

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.

Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? [Are] You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.

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

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

"When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."