ʻâbad — to work, serve

ʻăbad — to make, do

ʻăbad — servant, slave

ʻebed — slave, servant

Genesis 2:5 — “When no shrub of the field was yet on earth and no grasses of the field had yet sprouted, because the ETERNAL God had not sent rain upon the earth and there were no human beings to till the soil,”

Genesis 3:23 — “So the ETERNAL God banished them from the garden of Eden, to till the humus from which they were taken:”

Genesis 4:2 — “She then bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the soil.”

Genesis 9:25 — “He said, “Cursed be Canaan; The lowest of slaves Shall he be to his brothers.””

Genesis 9:26 — “And he said, “Blessed be the ETERNAL, The God of Shem; Let Canaan be a slave to them.”