Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent the man out of the garden of Eden so that he had to work the ground that he was made from.
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Genesis 2:5At that time the Lord God had not sent any rain to fall on the ground and so nothing was growing yet. No grass or any kind of tree grew anywhere, and there weren't any people to dig the ground to get it ready for things to grow.
Genesis 2:8Then the Lord God made a garden on the east side, at a place called Eden, and then God put the man that he just made, into the garden.
Genesis 4:2Later on Eve had another son, and she named him Abel. When the boys were grown up, Abel looked after sheep, and Cain got the ground ready to grow food plants.
Genesis 9:20Noah was a farmer, and so he started to grow food in a garden. He planted some grape vines and later on, he used the grapes to make wine.
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 →