Genesis 3:23 “Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work th…”

Genesis 3:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.

Darby Translation

Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

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Cross references

“till”

Genesis 4:2 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 2:5 Ecclesiastes 5:9 Genesis 9:20

Genesis 4:2 · BSB

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 4:12 · BSB

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 2:5 · BSB

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Ecclesiastes 5:9 · BSB

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

Genesis 9:20 · BSB

Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

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