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Genesis 3:23
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KJ21
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
ASV
therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
AMP
therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
AMPC
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
BRG
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
CSB
So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
CSBA
So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
CEB
the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to farm the fertile land from which he was taken.
CJB
therefore Adonai, God, sent him out of the garden of ‘Eden to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
CEV
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.
DARBY
Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
DRA
And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.
ERV
So the Lord God forced the man out of the Garden of Eden to work the ground he was made from.
EASY
So the Lord God sent Adam out of the Garden of Eden. To get his food, Adam had to dig the ground that God had used to make him.
EHV
the Lord God sent him out from the Garden of Eden to work the soil from which he had been taken.
ESV
therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
ESVUK
therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
EXB
So the Lord God ·forced [expelled] Adam out of the garden of Eden to ·work [till; or care for; 2:5] the ground from which he was taken.
GNV
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the earth, whence he was taken.
GW
So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.
GNT
So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed.
HCSB
So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
ICB
So the Lord God forced the man out of the garden of Eden. He had to work the ground he was taken from.
ISV
therefore the Lord God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken.
JUB
therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
KJV
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
AKJV
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
LSB
therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
LEB
And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
TLB
So the Lord God banished him forever from the Garden of Eden, and sent him out to farm the ground from which he had been taken.
MSG
So God expelled them from the Garden of Eden and sent them to work the ground, the same dirt out of which they’d been made. He threw them out of the garden and stationed angel-cherubim and a revolving sword of fire east of it, guarding the path to the Tree-of-Life.
MEV
therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
NOG
So Yahweh Elohim sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.
NABRE
The Lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.
NASB
therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
NASB1995
therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
NCB
The Lord God cast him out of the Garden of Eden; henceforth he was to labor tilling the soil from which he had come.
NCV
So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
NET
So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
NIRV
So the Lord God drove the man out of the Garden of Eden. He sent the man to farm the ground he had been made from.
NIV
So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
NIVUK
So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
NKJV
therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
NLV
So the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.
NLT
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.
NRSVA
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
NRSVACE
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
NRSVCE
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
NRSVUE
therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.
OJB
Therefore Hashem Elohim sent him forth from the Gan Eden, to work haadamah from which place he was taken.
RGT
Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the earth from where he was taken.
RSV
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
RSVCE
therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
TLV
Adonai Elohim sent him away from the Garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he had been taken.
VOICE
So the Eternal God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden and exiled humanity from paradise, sentencing humans to laborious lives working the very ground man came from.
WEB
Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
WYC
And the Lord God sent him out of (the) paradise of liking, that he should work the earth, of which he was taken. (And so the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to work the earth, from which he was taken.)
YLT
Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;
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