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Adam’s apple: the protruding part in a man’s throat According to the Bible, when deceived by the serpent, Eve and Adam ate the apple and the latter was choked by the forbidden fruit. Since then, there has been a protruding part in men’s throat, which is one of the primary physical differences between males and females. Adam’s profession: agriculture, gardening alpha and omega: wholeness or the most important part Revelation1:8 “I am Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” e.g. Rice is the alpha and omega of their diet. at the eleventh hour: at the last crucial moment The Gospel according to MatthewFor the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 20:2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 20:3He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 20:4To them he said, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went their way. 20:5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle? 20:7 They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right. 20:8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first. 20:9When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 20:10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. 20:11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, 20:12 saying, These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of