Genesis 3:23 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So the LORD God sent him out of the Garden of Eden to work the soil from which he had been made.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is removing Adam from Eden, requiring him to work the hard ground outside the garden as a consequence of his disobedience.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes immediately after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and God pronounced judgment on them. The expulsion from Eden was both a consequence of their sin and a mercy - preventing them from eating from the tree of life and living forever in their fallen state. This marks humanity's transition from the perfect paradise of Eden to the difficult world we know today.

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