Verse 23

So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:2 : 2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
• Gen 2:5 : 5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
• Gen 4:12 : 12 When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
• Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
• Eccl 5:9 : 9 The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.