Genesis 2:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ And that is how the universe was created.

The Garden of Eden

When the Lord^[a] God made the universe, ⁵ there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; ⁶ but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground.