Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Bible References
Till
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 2:5
When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up--for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,
Genesis 4:2
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
Genesis 9:20
Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.