Genesis 3:23

The Passion Translation

Therefore, Yahweh-God expelled him from Eden’s paradise to till the ground from which he was taken.

Cross References

Genesis 2:5

there was yet no vegetation, grains of the field, or shrubs sprouting on the earth, for there was no one to cultivate the land, and Yahweh-God had not yet sent rain.

Genesis 2:7

Yahweh-God scooped up a lump of soil, sculpted a man, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The man came alive—a living soul!

Genesis 2:8

Then Yahweh-God planted a lush garden paradise in the East, in the Land of Delight, and there he placed the man he had formed.

Genesis 3:19

You will painfully toil and sweat to produce food to eat, until your body—taken from the ground—returns to the ground. For you are from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 3:22

And Yahweh-God said, “The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. And now he might take in his hands fruit from the Tree of Life, and eat it, and live forever.”

Genesis 3:24

He drove them out of the garden, and placed fearsome angelic sentries east of the garden of Eden, with a turning fiery sword to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

Genesis 4:12

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer produce crops for you; and you will be a fugitive, a homeless wanderer!”

Genesis 4:2

Then later, she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel grew up to be a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer, working the ground.

Genesis 9:20

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