Genesis 3:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.”
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“Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”
King James Version · Public Domain“therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 3:23 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:20Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
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