Genesis 3:23

New American Standard Bible 2020

therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.

Genesis 2:8

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

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

Genesis 3:24

So He drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:12

When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.”

Genesis 4:2

And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.

Genesis 9:20

Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

After all, a king who cultivates the field is beneficial to the land.