Genesis 3:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
  • Gen 2:5 : 5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
  • Gen 4:12 : 12 No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 24So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

  • Gen 2:15-17
    3 verses
    82%

    15And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

    16And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

    17But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

  • Gen 3:17-22
    6 verses
    81%

    17And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

    18Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

    19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

    20And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

    21And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

    22And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

  • Gen 2:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

    9And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

    10And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

  • Gen 3:5-14
    10 verses
    78%

    5For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.

    6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

    7And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

    8And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

    9And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

    10And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.

    11And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

    12And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

    13And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

    14And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

  • Gen 3:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

    2And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

    3But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.

  • Gen 4:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

    12No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

  • 16And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

  • Gen 2:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

    6But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

  • Gen 2:21-24
    4 verses
    70%

    21And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

    22And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

    23And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

  • 11And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

  • 14You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

  • 8So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

  • 29And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

  • 19And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.