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Genesis 3:23

Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,.... Gave him orders to depart immediately; sent or put him away as a man does his wife, when he divorces her; or as a prince banishes a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 3:22-24

- XVII. The Execution 24. כרוּב kerûb ברך in Aramaic: “carve, plow”; Persian: “grip, grasp.” This word occurs about eighty-seven times in the Hebrew scriptures; in sixty of which it refers to carved…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 3:22-24

Sentence being passed upon the offenders, we have here execution, in part, done upon them immediately. Observe here,

I. How they were justly disgraced and shamed before God and the holy angels, by the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

sent him forth, &c. Man is dismissed from the garden with the duty imposed upon him to till the ground. Agriculture is here treated as the earliest human industry. See note on Gen 3:3.

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