“I will give your rains at their time, and the land shall yield its produce, and the tree of the field shall yield its fruit” (Leviticus 26:4). “I will give your rains at their time.” Rabbi Yonatan said: Three things were given as a gift to the world: Torah, the luminaries, and rains. Torah, from where is it derived?
As it is stated: “When He finished…He gave to Moses [the two tablets of the Testimony]” (Exodus 31:18). The luminaries, from where is it derived? As it is stated: “God set them [in the firmament of the heavens]” (Genesis 1:17). Rains, from where is it derived?
As it is stated: “I will give your rains at their time.” Rabbi Azarya says in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish: Peace, as well, as it is written: “I will give peace in the land” (Leviticus 26:6). Rabbi Yehoshua ben Neḥemya said: Salvation, as well, as it is written: “You gave me the shield of Your salvation” (Psalms 18:36). Rabbi Yitzḥak ben Rabbi Maryon said: Passage through the high sea, as well, in regard to which it is written: “So said the Lord, who makes a way through the sea” (Isaiah 43:16), as were it not so, when a person descends into it, he would immediately die.
Rabbi Tanḥuma said: The Land of Israel, as well, as it is written: “He gave them the lands of the nations” (Psalms 105:44). The Rabbis say: Mercy, as well, as it is written: “He gave them mercy [before all their captors]” (Psalms 106:46). Some say: The vengeance against Edom, as well, as it is written: “I will give My vengeance against Edom at the hand of My people Israel” (Ezekiel 25:14).