Genesis 3:23
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Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
In other translations
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
Hebrew words
וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּvayshalechehuand he sent out himH7971יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430מִגַּן־migan-from [the] garden ofH1588עֵדֶן'edenEdenH5731לַעֲבֹדla'avodto tillH5647אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834לֻקַּחlukachhe was takenH3947מִשָּׁם׃mishamfrom thereH8033
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
- Genesis 2:5And 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 not a man to till the ground.Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- Genesis 9:20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
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