# It came about that

This phrase is used to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using that method here.

# in the course of time

Possible meanings are 1) "after some time had passed" or 2) "at the right time"

# fruit of the ground

This refers to the food that came from plants he had tended. Alternate translation: "crops" or "harvest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])