Genesis 3:23

And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.

24And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

Genesis 2:8And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

Genesis 4:2And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Genesis 9:20And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:23-24

Adam and Eve Expelled from Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.… Read the whole commentary →

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