In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. {windows: or, floodgates}

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. {and...: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain}

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Or {who} shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, {as if} it had issued out of the womb?

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

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry {land} appear: and it was so.

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? {sustained: or, supported}

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob {shall be} upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

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}.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. {They go up...: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend}

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first {month}. {the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness} {moderately: Heb. according to righteousness}

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

When {there were} no depths, I was brought forth; when {there were} no fountains abounding with water.

Which the clouds do drop {and} distil upon man abundantly.

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD {be} his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,