Genesis 3:23
Therefore Adonai God physically sent him out from the garden of Eden [Delight], to till the ground from which he was taken.
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Genesis 2:5no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Adonai God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was no human to till the ground, + 2:5 There was no 'adam ·human· to till the 'adamah ·ground·
Genesis 2:8Adonai God planted a garden eastward, in Eden [Delight], and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 4:2Again she gave birth, to Cain [Acquisition]’s brother Abel [Vanity, Mourning]. Abel [Vanity, Mourning] was a keeper of sheep, but Cain [Acquisition] was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 9:20Noah [Rest] began to be a farmer, 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 →