'Cutting' in the Bible

And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.