Genesis 3:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:8

And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

Genesis 3:19

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Genesis 3:22

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Genesis 3:24

So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:12

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

Genesis 4:2

Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

Genesis 9:20

In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.