There went up At certain times, it seems, as God appointed; a mist or vapour from the earth Issuing from the abyss, or great deep of water in its bowels; (see Genesis 7:14;) and watered the whole face of the ground Not with rain, but with dew. By this the earth was softened and fitted to nourish the plants of all kinds already created, and the seeds and roots of these that they might produce new plants.
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Genesis 2:6
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.