And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

Also, to every living thing of the earth, to every flying creature of the heavens, and to everything that moves on the earth, living creatures, I have given the green plants for food: thus.

And to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you have been taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

and wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.

Heaven, even the heavens, are Jehovah's; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.

There is much food in the cultivated land of the poor, but when there is no justice, it is snatched away.

Know and recognize the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is visible, and mountain herbs are gathered,

And you shall have enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household, and the sustenance of your maidens.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities shall have poverty enough.

As for me, behold, I will live at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans who have come to us. But you go gather wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken.

then all the Jews returned out of all the places where they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in abundance.

He will appoint commanders over his thousands and commanders over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots.

And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and make them do his work.

And Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.

Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

Ben-Abinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan; sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only deputy who was in the land.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for working the land.

Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees in the lowlands, and Joash was over the supply of oil.

Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys,