Up a mist

2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Come to think of it, if the dry land was just separated from the water, why would it desperately need watering?  I'll count that in favor of Rashomon.

Aside from this rather bizarre description of the first rain, there's not a whole lot to this verse.

Ok, the mist went up from the earth, and then went back down to the earth, watering it.  Makes little sense.  Why didn't the water just stay in the earth where it was needed?

Anyway, one interesting point is that God isn't implicated in this mist.  This just happened.  In fact, the "But" almost sounds like "despite God".  "God hadn't made it rain, but it rained anyway."