Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4468 horticulture The art of garden cultivation, first practised in the Garden of Eden. Horticulture in the Garden of Eden The man and woman tended the garden The fall brought about a change in human priorities from horticulture to agriculture Genesis 3:17-19 See also Genesis 4:2 Egyptian agriculture is likened to horticulture Horticulture is totally dependent on good irrigation Isaiah 58:11 See also Genesis 2:4-14; Genesis 13:10; Numbers 24:5-7; Job 8:16; Songs 4:12,15; Isaiah 51:3; Jeremiah 31:12 Those who practised horticulture Kings Ecclesiastes 2:5-6 See also 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 21:18,26; Kings 25:4 pp Jeremiah 39:4 pp Jeremiah 52:7; Nehemiah 3:15; Esther 1:5-6; Esther 7:7-8; Songs 8:13 Common people Jeremiah 29:28 See also Jeremiah 29:1-7; John 19:41 Gardeners John 20:15 See also Isaiah 5:7; John 15:1 Kinds of horticulture Vegetable gardens Fruit gardens Amos 9:14 See also Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:1-3 Herb gardens Luke 11:42 See also Songs 6:2; Matthew 13:31-32 pp Mark 4:31-32 pp Luke 13:19 Horticultural diseases and pestilence See also
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