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
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
Genesis 2:5
no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.
Genesis 4:2
And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.
Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
Also, the increase of the land belongs to everyone; the king himself is served by his field.