'Plowing' in the Bible
That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.
"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.
Elijah left there and located Shaphat's son Elisha, who was plowing, along with a total of twelve pairs of oxen. (He was plowing with the twelfth pair.) As Elijah passed by, he tossed his cloak at Elisha.
a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby
"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?