Genesis 3:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.

Genesis 2:7

The LORD God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.

Genesis 2:8

The LORD made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.

Genesis 3:19

You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Genesis 3:22

The LORD said, “These people now know the difference between right and wrong, just as we do. But they must not be allowed to eat fruit from the tree that lets them live for ever.”

Genesis 3:24

Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.

Genesis 4:12

If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.

Genesis 4:2

Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.

Genesis 9:20

Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

And since the king is the highest official, he benefits most from the taxes paid on the land.