reply to post by CherubBaby
The fact is he couldn't of had greater knowledge but he did 4500-5000 BC and it wasnt till the 17th century that science announced it and how it
works ( Hydrology ) The link is there and the post with the info on the first page.
This is not entirely accurate, basic written descriptions of the cycle more descriptive than those you point out in genesis and job are found as far
back as the 8th century BC, about the time job was written. There is a wealth of information in an online book i found called
Hydrology: an introduction there is a clickable link in the table of
contents to the chapter on the history of water circulation theories.
This was not just realized only in the 17th century. What happened starting in the 17th century is that the ideas began moving from the realm of
philosophy to the realm of science, variables were quantified and put into testable formulae. Dont confuse the birth of the modern science of
hydrology with the basic understanding of hydrologic concepts.