QUESTION: Is it true that the first time rain fell on the earth was at the time of the flood?
ANSWER: In Genesis 2:5, immediately following the creation, we learn that “the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth.” In verse six, we find that the earth was watered by a mist that went up from the earth. In Genesis 7:4, just prior to the flood, God said, “I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.” This is the first account of rain falling in the Bible!