Verse 23

Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
  • Gen 2:5 : 5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
  • Gen 4:12 : 12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.