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The Hydrologic Cycle

Complete description of evaporation and precipitation.

Scripture Reference: Job 36:27-28 (c. 2000 BC)
"He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind."

The Evidence

The Bible describes the three stages of the water cycle: evaporation ('draws up drops'), condensation ('distill as rain'), and precipitation ('clouds pour down').

Scientific Validation

The full water cycle wasn't scientifically understood until Pierre Perrault and Edme Mariotte in the 17th century. The Bible described it thousands of years earlier.

Significance

Precise meteorological understanding millennia ahead of science.