Genesis 3:23

And the Lord God sente hym out of paradijs of likyng, that he schulde worche the erthe, of which he was takun.

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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

22Adam is maad as oon of vs, and knowith good and yuel; now therfore se ye, lest perauenture he putte his hond, and take of the tre of lijf, and ete, and lyue with outen ende.

24And God castide out Adam, and settide bifore paradis of lykyng cherubyn, and a swerd of flawme and turnynge aboute to kepe the weie of the tre of lijf.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:5and ech litil tre of erthe bifore that it sprong out in erthe; and he made ech erbe of the feeld bifore that it buriownede. For the Lord God had not reyned on erthe, and no man was that wrouyte erthe;

Genesis 2:8Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.

Genesis 4:2And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.

Genesis 9:20And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,

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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