Genesis 2:6

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Genesis 2:6 (WEB)
but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIII.24Book XIII
“For it had before been said that “there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground,” in order that the reference to clay, formed of this moisture and dust, might be understood.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 6.
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