Dictionary of Bible Themes The art of garden cultivation, first practised in the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:15-23Horticulture in the Garden of Eden The man and woman tended the garden Genesis 3:17-19See also The fall brought about a change in human priorities from horticulture to agriculture Genesis 4:2Deuteronomy 11:10-11 Egyptian agriculture is likened to horticulture Isaiah 58:11Horticulture is totally dependent on good irrigation See also Genesis 2:4-14; 13:10Numbers 24:5-7 Job 8:16 Songs 4:12,15 Isaiah 51:3 Jeremiah 31:12 Ecclesiastes 2:5-6 Those who practised horticulture See also Kings 1 Kings 21:22 Kings 21:18,26; 25:4 Nehemiah 3:15 pp Jer 39:4 Esther 1:5-6; 7:7-8pp Jer 52:7 Songs 8:13Jeremiah 29:28 See also Common people Jeremiah 29:1-7John 19:41 John 20:15 See also Gardeners Isaiah 5:7John 15:1 1 Kings 21:2 Kinds of horticulture Vegetable gardens Amos 9:14See also Fruit gardens Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-3Luke 11:42 See also Herb gardens Songs 6:2Matthew 13:31-32 pp Mk 4:31-32 pp Lk 13:19 Amos 4:9Horticultural diseases and pestilence See also 4240 garden, natural4406 agriculture 4450 fruit 4466 herbs and spices 4528 trees 4534 vine 4538 vineyard 4540 weeds 6154 fall, the |



