Genesis 3:23
And the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he had been created.
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Genesis 2:5And all trees of the field were not yet in the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up, because the Lord God had not caused rain to come upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Genesis 2:8And the Lord God planted a garden in a region of pleasantness in the time of the beginning, and He made to dwell there the man whom He had created.
Genesis 4:2And she added to give birth to his brother, Habel. And Habel was a shepherd of the flock, and Kain a man working on the ground.
Genesis 9:20And Noach began to be a man working on the earth; and he 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 →