Only seven percent of arable land in Africa is irrigated, compared to 40 percent in Asia.

First, Noah had never seen rain, because prior to the Flood, God irrigated the earth from the ground up.

Maybe that's one of the reasons why if you fly over west Texas, the types of wells that you're beginning to see don't look unlike those pictures of Kansas and those irrigated plots.

On earth are adjacent terrains, and gardens of vines, and crops, and date palms, from the same root or from distinct roots, irrigated with the same water. We make some taste better than others. In that are proofs for people who reason.

(Moses) said, The Lord says that it must not have even tilled the soil nor irrigated the fields and it must be free of blemishes and flaws. They said, Now you have given us the right description. After almost failing to find it, they slaughtered the cow.

On the earth are tracts adjoining one another, and vineyards, fields of corn and date palm trees, some forked, some with single trunks, yet all irrigated by the self same water, though We make some more excellent than the others in fruit. There are surely signs in them for those who understand.

In the earth are neighbouring terrains of diverse kinds and vineyards, farms, and date palms growing from the same root and from diverse roots, all irrigated by the same water, and We give some of them an advantage over others in flavour. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.

And on the earth there are many tracts of land neighbouring each other. There are on it vineyards, and sown fields, and date palms some growing in clusters from one root, some standing alone. They are irrigated by the same water, and yet We make some excel others in taste. Surely there are signs in these for a people who use their reason.