{Gave rain} (hueton ed(936b)en). This idiom is in the LXX of
God as here of heaven ( 1Sa 12:17  1Ki 18:1 ) and also in  Ac
14:17  instead of ebrexen of verse  17 . Hueton is old word
for rain (from hu(935c), to rain), genuine here, but not in verse
 7 . {Brought forth} (eblast(8873)en). First aorist active of
lastan(935c), old verb, to sprout (intransitive as  Mr 4:27 ), here
as occasionally in later Greek transitive with accusative
karpon.