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What does Genesis 2:5 mean?

There weren’t any bushes or plants yet, because the Lord God hadn’t sent rain, and there was no one to farm the ground. Genesis 2:5 - Modern Text Bible

(The earth is still empty and wild—no crops, no people to take care of things, and no rain yet.)