Verse 23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:2 : 2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
  • Gen 2:5 : 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Gen 4:12 : 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer you shall be on the earth.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard;
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.