Genesis 3:23

WEB

²³Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

KJV

²³Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

BSB

²³Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

FBV

²³So the Lord God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. He sent Adam to cultivate the ground from which he'd been made.

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject
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Extra References

Genesis 4:2

²Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:12

¹²From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

Genesis 3:19

¹⁹You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Genesis 2:5

⁵No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

Ecclesiastes 5:9

⁹Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Genesis 9:20

²⁰Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.