Vadim, it is quite obvious that the object of "will rise" in 2:6 is 'ed. Job 36:27, which is the only other place in which the word is used, makes it clear that 'ed has to do with water. Like it or not, Gen. 1:1-2:4 and the rest of chapter 2 tell almost opposite creation stories. In chapter 1, the world is founded on water, and man comes last. In chapter 2, the story begins with man being put into a desert. You can argue about the kind of irrigation system God would use, but "mist" is as good a guess as any.
Yigal
Does anyone know why 'ed in Genesis 2:6 is translated "mist"? This rendering has nothing to do with the root meaning, and both here and in Job "to turn" is more likely translation, assuming a derivation from aleph-holam-dalet.
Genesis 2:5 ends with, "Man was not there to work the ground."
Genesis 2:6, "He [man] would turn, he would rise out of the earth, would water the whole face of the ground." The man was formed from earth to water it.
Genesis 2:7, "Lord God begot the man, dust of the earth he [the man] breathed into his nostrils, essence of life; the man was for a living soul."
Translation "the mist" doesn't make much sense: if we assume that the earth was waterless, then where the mist came from? Besides, Genesis 1:7 explicitly mentions that the earth included much water.
Vadim Cherny
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