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Genesis 3:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 3 · verse 23
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.Genesis 3:23 · King James Version
Genesis 3:23 in context
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22And 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:
23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24So 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- gardengana gardenH1588 →
- groundʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- forthshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- EdenʻÊdenEden, the region of Adam's homeH5731 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Sentence being passed upon the offenders, we have here execution, in part, done upon them immediately. Observe here, I. How they were justly disgraced and shamed before God and the holy angels, by the ironical upbraiding of them with the issue of their enterprise: "Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-24