Agriculture or Farming: The Labour of, Supposed to be Lessened by Noah
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Agriculture, as a fundamental aspect of human existence, is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative. The labor associated with farming is first introduced in Genesis, where Adam is tasked with working the ground as a result of the Fall. Genesis 3:17-19 states, "Cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return."

The toil of agriculture is thus depicted as a direct consequence of sin, marking a shift from the ease of life in the Garden of Eden to a life of labor and hardship. However, the narrative of Noah introduces a significant development in the context of agricultural labor.

Noah, a righteous man chosen by God to survive the Flood, is often associated with a divine promise that suggests a mitigation of the curse on the ground. In Genesis 5:29 , Lamech, Noah's father, names him Noah, saying, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed." This statement implies a hope that Noah would bring relief from the arduous labor required to cultivate the earth.

Following the Flood, God establishes a covenant with Noah, which includes a promise of regularity in the natural order. Genesis 8:21-22 records God's words: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."

This covenant suggests a stabilization of the earth's conditions, which would inherently ease the labor of farming. The regularity of seasons and the assurance of seedtime and harvest provide a framework within which agricultural activities can be more predictable and less burdensome.

Furthermore, Noah's post-Flood life includes the establishment of a vineyard, as noted in Genesis 9:20 : "Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard." This act of planting a vineyard signifies a return to agricultural pursuits and reflects a continuity of human responsibility to cultivate the earth, albeit under a renewed divine promise.

In the broader biblical context, the alleviation of agricultural labor through Noah can be seen as a foreshadowing of the ultimate redemption and restoration promised through Christ. The hope for relief from toil and the restoration of creation are themes that resonate throughout Scripture, pointing to a future where the effects of the Fall are fully reversed.

Thus, while the labor of farming remains a reality in the post-Flood world, the narrative of Noah introduces a divine assurance that the earth will continue to yield its produce, providing a measure of comfort and hope to humanity in its agricultural endeavors.
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Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.
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Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to be an farmer, and he planted a vineyard:
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Agriculture

Agriculture of the Sower

Agriculture of the Tares

Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by Allotments to Each Family

Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by Separation from Other Nations

Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by The Prohibition Against Usury

Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by The Promises of God's Blessings On

Agriculture or Farming was Promoted Amongst the Jews by The Rights of Redemption

Agriculture or Farming: Beasts Used in The Donkey

Agriculture or Farming: Beasts Used in The Horse

Agriculture or Farming: Beasts Used in The Ox

Agriculture or Farming: Climate of Canaan Favourable To

Agriculture or Farming: Contributes to the Support of All

Agriculture or Farming: Culture of the Church

Agriculture or Farming: Culture of the Heart

Agriculture or Farming: Diligence In, Abundantly Recompensed

Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Against Injuring the Produce of

Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Against the Trespass of Cattle

Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Not to Covet the Fields of Another

Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Not to Cut Down Crops of Another

Agriculture or Farming: Enactments to Protect: Not to Move Landmarks

Agriculture or Farming: Grief Occasioned by the Failure of the Fruits of

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Axe

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Cart

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Fan

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Flail

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Fork

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Harrow

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Mattock

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Plough

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Pruning-Hook

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Shovel

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Sickle

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Sieve

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Teethed Threshing Instrument

Agriculture or Farming: Man Doomed to Labour In, After the Fall

Agriculture or Farming: Not to be Engaged in During the Sabbatical Year

Agriculture or Farming: Often Performed by Hirelings

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Binding

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Digging

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Gathering out the Stones

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Gleaning

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Grafting

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Harrowing

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Hedging

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Manuring

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Mowing

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Planting

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Ploughing

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Pruning

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Reaping

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Sowing

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Stacking

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Storing in Barns

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Threshing

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Watering

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Weeding

Agriculture or Farming: Operations in Winnowing

Agriculture or Farming: Patriarchs Engaged In

Agriculture or Farming: Peace Favourable To

Agriculture or Farming: Persons Engaged In, Called: Husbandmen

Agriculture or Farming: Persons Engaged In, Called: Labourers

Agriculture or Farming: Persons Engaged In, Called: Tillers of the Ground

Agriculture or Farming: Produce of, Exported

Agriculture or Farming: Produce of, Given As Rent for Land

Agriculture or Farming: Produce of, often Blasted Because of Sin

Agriculture or Farming: Rendered Laborious by the Curse on the Earth

Agriculture or Farming: Requires: Diligence

Agriculture or Farming: Requires: Patience in Waiting

Agriculture or Farming: Requires: Toil

Agriculture or Farming: Requires: Wisdom

Agriculture or Farming: Soil of Canaan Suited To

Agriculture or Farming: The Cultivation of the Earth

Agriculture or Farming: The Jews Loved and Followed

Agriculture or Farming: The Labour of, Supposed to be Lessened by Noah

Agriculture or Farming: The Occupation of Man Before the Fall

Agriculture or Farming: The Providence of God to be Acknowledged in the Produce of

Agriculture or Farming: War Destructive To

Agriculture: Called Laborers

Agriculture: Called Tiller of the Ground

Agriculture: Divine Institution of

Agriculture: Facts About

Agriculture: Fallow Ground

Agriculture: Fruits Blasted Because of Sin

Agriculture: God to be Acknowledged In

Agriculture: Laws Concerning

Agriculture: Persons Engaged In, Called Husbandmen

Agriculture: Planters of Vineyards, Exempted from Military Service

Agriculture: Practiced by Cain

Agriculture: Practiced by David

Agriculture: Practiced by Elisha

Agriculture: Practiced by Noah

Agriculture: Practiced by Solomon

Agriculture: Practiced by Uzziah

Agriculture: Requires Diligence

Agriculture: Requires Patience

Agriculture: Requires Toil

Agriculture: Requires Wisdom

Agriculture: Sowing Wheat, But Reaping Thorns

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Threshing (57 Occurrences)

Plough (11 Occurrences)

Agrippa (12 Occurrences)

Valley (187 Occurrences)

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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

Harrow (3 Occurrences)

Labor (181 Occurrences)

Grain (413 Occurrences)

Wheel (20 Occurrences)

Irrigation

Feasts (45 Occurrences)

Farm (9 Occurrences)

Farming (4 Occurrences)

Fasts (3 Occurrences)

Furrow (3 Occurrences)

Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)

Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)

Revival (1 Occurrence)

Reaping (10 Occurrences)

Rural (2 Occurrences)

Ezri (1 Occurrence)

East (228 Occurrences)

Moabites (26 Occurrences)

Barn (6 Occurrences)

Business (147 Occurrences)

Corn (107 Occurrences)

Chaff (24 Occurrences)

Sheaves (13 Occurrences)

Seasons (43 Occurrences)

Seed (337 Occurrences)

Sheaf (11 Occurrences)

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

Nabathaeans

Nabataeans

Field (390 Occurrences)

Tools (3 Occurrences)

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

Ass (95 Occurrences)

Laws (184 Occurrences)

Fortified (79 Occurrences)

Agrarian

Fort (8 Occurrences)

Fortress (75 Occurrences)

Talmud

Fortification (5 Occurrences)

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

Husbandry (2 Occurrences)

Persian (4 Occurrences)

Moab (162 Occurrences)

Harvest (109 Occurrences)

Sheba (36 Occurrences)

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

Cities (427 Occurrences)

Territory (140 Occurrences)

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)

Botany

Septuagint

Law (670 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

Husbandman (7 Occurrences)

Winnowing (7 Occurrences)

Fan (8 Occurrences)

Tillage (7 Occurrences)

Muzzle (4 Occurrences)

Sieve (2 Occurrences)

Sift (5 Occurrences)

Sowing (28 Occurrences)

Sower (11 Occurrences)

Canaan (102 Occurrences)

Abraham (2539 Occurrences)

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)

Simon (75 Occurrences)

Agriculture or Farming: The Jews Loved and Followed
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