Plowing Time חָרִישׁ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 19, 2026 · 3m

We are in chapter thirty-four of Exodus with our word for today. חָרִישׁ plowing, time of plowing. It is used 3 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of the time of year when soil is plowed in the early part of the planting cycle. The first time our word is used in the Bible is with Joseph when he instructs his brothers to bring their father back to Egypt because of the famine. Genesis 45:6-11 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither חָרִ֖ישׁ plowing nor harvest ... Hurry and go up to my father and say…