Translation
Before every shoot of the field had sprouted, and before every plant of the field had grown (for YHVH ELOHIM {read Adonai Elohim}
had not yet caused rain to come upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground,
Paraphrase
Before the ground-cover plants had sprouted to cover all the ground, and before the small and medium sized plants had grown to their full size, (they had not done so yet because THE PERSONAL AND ETERNAL GOD who is also THE CREATOR AND OWNER OF ALL THINGS had not yet caused rain to come upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground,