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International Version</a></span><br />So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till <i>and</i> cultivate the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD sent him out of the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah God will send him forth from the garden of Eden to work the earth which he was taken from there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so the Lord God sent him away from the Paradise of enjoyment, in order to work the earth from which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God sent him from Paradise of Eden to cultivate the Earth, the place from which he was taken.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/3-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=737" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">The Expulsion from Paradise</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Therefore the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·šal·lə·ḥê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">banished him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1588.htm" title="1588: mig·gan- (Prep-m:: N-csc) -- An enclosure, garden. From ganan; a garden.">from the Garden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5731.htm" title="5731: ‘ê·ḏen (N-proper-fs) -- The garden home of Adam and Eve. The same as eden; Eden, the region of Adam's home.">of Eden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: la·‘ă·ḇōḏ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to work</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">from which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: luq·qaḥ (V-QalPass-Perf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">he had been taken.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-19</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a></span><br />For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a></span><br />No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a></span><br />But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14-15</a></span><br />Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7</a></span><br />He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-45.htm">1 Corinthians 15:45-49</a></span><br />So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit. / The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. / The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></span><br />For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Ezekiel 28:13-17</a></span><br />You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. / You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. / From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a></span><br />I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from from where he was taken.</p><p class="hdg">till.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></b></br> In 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 <i>art</i>, and unto dust shalt thou return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5</a></b></br> And 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 <i>there was</i> not a man to till the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Genesis 4:2,12</a></b></br> And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Cultivate</a> <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/3-10.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/revelation/7-13.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Work</a> <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Worker</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Cultivate</a> <a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/exodus/9-30.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/6-21.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/genesis/10-14.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Work</a> <a href="/exodus/12-45.htm">Worker</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">The serpent deceives Eve.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">God arraigns them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">The serpent is cursed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">The promised seed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">The punishment of mankind.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Their first clothing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Their expulsion from paradise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/genesis/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Therefore</b><br />This word serves as a conclusion to the preceding narrative. It indicates a direct consequence of Adam and Eve's disobedience. In Hebrew, the word often translated as "therefore" is "לָכֵן" (lakhen), which connects the judgment to the action. It underscores the justice and righteousness of God, who must act in accordance with His holy nature. This serves as a reminder of the cause-and-effect relationship between sin and its consequences.<p><b>the LORD God</b><br />The use of "LORD God" combines the personal name of God, Yahweh (יהוה), with Elohim (אֱלֹהִים), emphasizing both His covenantal relationship with humanity and His supreme power. This duality highlights God's intimate involvement with His creation and His authority to execute judgment. It reflects the balance of God's love and justice, a theme that runs throughout Scripture.<p><b>banished him</b><br />The Hebrew word used here is "שָׁלַח" (shalach), meaning to send away or expel. This action signifies a separation from the divine presence and the loss of the intimate fellowship that Adam and Eve once enjoyed with God. It is a poignant moment that illustrates the gravity of sin and its ability to sever the relationship between humanity and the Creator. This expulsion is not just physical but also spiritual, symbolizing the broader human condition of separation from God.<p><b>from the Garden of Eden</b><br />The Garden of Eden represents a place of perfect provision and communion with God. Being banished from it signifies the loss of innocence and the beginning of human struggle. Archaeologically, while the exact location of Eden is unknown, it is often associated with a fertile region in the ancient Near East. Theologically, Eden serves as a symbol of paradise lost, a state of being that humanity longs to return to, which is ultimately fulfilled in the promise of eternal life through Christ.<p><b>to work the ground</b><br />This phrase indicates a shift from the ease of life in Eden to the toil and labor that would now characterize human existence. The Hebrew word for "work" is "עָבַד" (avad), which can also mean to serve or cultivate. This reflects the new reality of human life, where sustenance comes through hard work. It is a reminder of the curse pronounced in <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>, where the ground is cursed because of sin, leading to a life of labor and struggle.<p><b>from which he had been taken</b><br />This phrase refers back to <a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a>, where God formed man from the dust of the ground. It serves as a reminder of humanity's origins and the intimate connection between humans and the earth. Theologically, it underscores the humility of human existence and the dependency on God for life and sustenance. It also foreshadows the eventual return to dust in death, a consequence of sin that is later addressed through the hope of resurrection in the New Testament.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">To till the ground.</span>--This is the same word as that rendered "dress" in <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm" title="And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.">Genesis 2:15</a>. Adam's task is the same, but the conditions are altered.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 23, 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore</span> (literally, and) <span class="cmt_word">the Lord God sent</span> (or <span class="accented">cast</span>, <span class="accented">shalach</span> in the Piel conveying the ideas of force and displeasure; cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/21-14.htm">Deuteronomy 21:14</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">1 Kings 9:7</a>) <span class="cmt_word">him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the soil outside of paradise, which had been cursed for his sake) <span class="cmt_word">whence he was taken</span>. <span class="accented">Vide</span> ver. 19. <span class="cmt_word">So</span> (and) <span class="cmt_word">he drove out the man</span> (along with his guilty partner); <span class="cmt_word">and he placed</span> (literally, caused to dwell) <span class="cmt_word">at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim.</span> <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> <span class="accented">Griffins</span>, like those of Persian and Egyptian mythology, which protected gold-producing countries like Eden; from <span class="accented">carav</span>, to tear in pieces; Sanscrit, <span class="accented">grivh</span>; Persian, <span class="accented">giriften</span>; Greek, <span class="greek">γρυπ</span>, <span class="greek">γρυφ</span>; German, <span class="accented">grip</span>, <span class="accented">krip</span>, <span class="accented">greif</span> (Eichhorn, Fürst). <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> <span class="accented">Divine steeds</span>; by metathesis for <span class="accented">rechubim</span>, from <span class="accented">rachab</span>, to ride (<a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Psalm 18:11</a>; Gesenius, Lange). <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> "Beings who approach to God and minister to him," taking <span class="accented">cerub - karov</span>, to come near, to serve (Hyde). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/3-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">banished him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֛הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·šal·lə·ḥê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the Garden</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגַּן־</span> <span class="translit">(mig·gan-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> </span><span class="str2">An enclosure, garden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Eden</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֑דֶן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ḏen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5731.htm">Strong's 5731: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eden -- the garden home of Adam and Eve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to work</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽעֲבֹד֙</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·ḇōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had been taken.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֻקַּ֖ח</span> <span class="translit">(luq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/3-23.htm">Genesis 3:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">OT Law: Genesis 3:23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth (Gen. 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