Genesis 2:5
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 2Meaning
The scene is not yet one of cultivated agriculture. The narrative highlights the conditions that will make human work on the land meaningful.
Read carefully
The verse's vegetation terminology is tied to the immediate land-and-cultivation scene; it should not be flattened into a claim that Genesis 1 contained no vegetation at all.
Reflection
Human vocation is introduced in relation to a world that requires care and cultivation. Work enters the story before the fall of Genesis 3.