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== Agriculture and biology ==
Given that the time in which the Bible was written predates over a millenium before the industrial revolution by over a millenium, it is not surprising that agricultural themes abound. The following selection of verses reflect the technology used in agriculture:
* Noah grows grapes and brews wine ([[Genesis 9:20]] - [[Genesis 9:21]])
* Jesus turns water into wine, avoiding all that tedious growing and harvesting and brewing ([[John 2:1]] - [[John 2:10]])
* Jacob (which means "deceiver", and perhaps that has some relevance to the story) uses selective breeding and perhaps genetic modification to make his flock better than his father Laban's ([[Genesis 30:29]] - [[Genesis 30:43]])
* Grain storage facilities are used to minimse the effects of a famine ([[Genesis 41:47]] - [[Genesis 41:49]])
* It is a law in Israel that land should lie fallow every seventh year ([[Exodus 23:10]] - [[Exodus 23:11]], [[Leviticus 25:1]] - [[Leviticus 25:7]])
* God provides seed to the sower and bread for food ([[2 Corinthians 9:9]])
* Boats and fishing nets (e.g. [[Luke 5:1]] - [[Luke 5:11]])
There are also metaphoric allusions based on agricultural technology:
* God will make Israel into a threshing-sledge to thresh, crush and winnow their enemies ([[Isaiah 41:15]])
* A winowing fork is used metaphorically for sorting people ([[Luke 3:17]])
* If you put your hand to the plough, don't look back ([[Luke 9:62]])
* The rich fool who builds big barns to store his wealth but then dies ([[Luke 12:16]] - [[Luke 12:21]])
* Christian leaders should be paid, just as the ploughman and thresher ought to share in the produce ([[1 Corinthians 9:10]])
* Putting bits in horses mouths ([[James 3:3]])
The Old Testamnet also provides an intersting not about early science. Solomon's wisdom was not only in the fields of politics, leadership, literature, spirituality etc: he was also famed for his scientific work in botany and zoology ([[1 Kings 4:33]])
== Military technology ==