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.

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;

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

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.

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.

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.

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:

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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

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.