Many thanks to Philip Pope for the permission to use his 2003 translation of the English King James Version Bible into Thai. Here's a link to the mission's website: www.thaipope.org
902. 'The earth was dry' means that he was regenerated. This is clear from what has been stated already at the previous verses 7 and 13 about the drying up of the waters and the drying out of the earth and of the face 1
of the ground.