KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Genesis 3:23 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Therefore the Lord” | יְהוָ֥ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Therefore Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “sent him forth” | וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֛הוּ | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent forth |
| “from the garden” | מִגַּן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “of Eden,” | עֵ֑דֶן | Eden, the region of Adam's home | Eden |
| “to till” | לַֽעֲבֹד֙ | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | till |
| “the ground” | הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה | Soil (from its general redness) | ground |
| “from whence” | מִשָּֽׁם׃ | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | whence |
| “he was taken.” | לֻקַּ֖ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | taken |
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21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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