Genesis 3:23

God's Word

So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because the Lord God hadn’t sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth  and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

Genesis 2:8

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. That’s where he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “The man has become like one of us, since he knows good and evil. He must not reach out and take the fruit from the tree of life and eat. Then he would live forever.”

Genesis 3:24

After he sent the man out, God placed angels  and a flaming sword that turned in all directions east of the Garden of Eden. He placed them there to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:12

When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth to another child, Abel, Cain’s brother. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a farmer.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Yet, a king is an advantage for a country with cultivated fields.