Verse 23

So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
  • Gen 2:5 : 5 No bush of the field had yet appeared on the earth, and no plant of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no one to work the ground.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Gen 4:12 : 12 'When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.'
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah, a man of the soil, began to work the land and planted a vineyard.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.