Genesis 2:6

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 2:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Genesis 2:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But there went up a mist from the earth, etc.] After the waters had been drained off from it, and it was warmed by the body of light and heat created on the first day, which caused a vapour, which went up as a mist, and descended: and watered the whole face of the ground; or earth, and so supplied the place of rain, until that was given: though rather the words may be rendered disjunctively, “or there went up” f111; that is, before a mist went up, when as yet there was none; not so much as a mist to water the earth, and plants and herbs were made to grow; and so Saadiah reads them negatively, “nor did a mist go up”; there were no vapours exhaled to form clouds, and produce rain, and yet the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“- Part II. The development - Section II - The Man - X. The Field 4. תולדות tôledôt “generations, products, developments.” That which comes from any source, as the child from the parent, the record of which is history. יהוה yehovâh. This word occurs about six thousand times in Scripture. It is obvious from its use that it is, so to speak, the proper name of God. It never has the article. It is never changed for construction with another noun. It is never accompanied with a suffix. It is never applied to any but the true God. This sacred exclusiveness of application, indeed, led the Jews to read always in place of it אדוני 'adônāy, or, if this preceded it, אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym, to intimate…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:6 springs: The word refers to subterranean springs that rose to the surface of the ground.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“there went up a mist: or, a mist which went up, Gen 2:6 Genesis 2:7”
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