Agriculture
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Agriculture is the practice of farming and husbandry, raising plants or animals for human use. The word comes from the Latin ager, meaning "a field," together with the Latin cultura, meaning "cultivation," in the sense of "tillage of the soil." A literal reading of the English word yields: tillage of the soil of a field. [1]
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Origin of Agriculture
The basis for using plants and animals for human purposes is in Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
These verses are often referred to as the Dominion Mandate. However, it was not until the Fall of Man that a direct commandment was given directing man to work the land:
Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return. Genesis 3:17-19
The first direct historical record of agriculture is from Genesis 4:1,2 :
Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man." Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
At this time, man was not yet authorized to eat animal meat, but animals were still raised for other purposes, such as burnt offerings:
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. Genesis 4:3-5a
It was only after the Global Flood that man was allowed to eat the meat of animals:
"The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." Genesis 9:2,3
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Advancement of Agriculture
Domestic Organisms
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