Genesis 3:23

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the Lord God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground,

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:8

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said: See! The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil! Now, what if he also reaches out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life, and eats of it and lives forever?

Genesis 3:24

He expelled the man, stationing the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:12

If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth.

Genesis 4:2

Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity.