The Rural Voice, 1988-09, Page 23THE PLOWMAN
Farming is "The
Oldest Profession"
While irreverent comedians have
insisted that prostitution is the earliest
career mentioned in the Bible, neither
theological scholars nor the Genesis
account itself confirms that claim.
Rather, as Harper's Bible Diction-
ary (1959) states, farming was the first
occupation of man. "The cultivating of
the land was so highly regarded among
Hebrews that Yahweh Himself was
regarded as the founder of husbandry"
(see also Isaiah 28:23-26).
Egyptian plows, circa 2000 B.C.
Also in the Bible is an interesting
account of plowing, a story that may be
the earliest record of multiple plowmen
working one field — if not the story of
the most ancient plowing match. The
account reads:
"So Elijah went and found Elisha
who was plowing a field with 11 other
teams ahead of him; he was at the end of
the line with the last team. Elijah went
over to him and threw his coat across his
shoulders and walked away.
Elisha left the oxen standing there
and ran after Elijah and said to him,
"First let me go and say good-bye to my
father and mother, and then I'll go with
you!"
Elijah repl ied, "Go on back! Why all
the excitement?"
Elisha then returned to his oxen,
killed them, and used wood from the
plow to build a fire to roast their flesh.
He passed around the meat to the other
plowmen, and they all had a great feast.
Then he went with Elijah as his
assistant." —1 Kings 19:19-21, Living
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