Reference

Genesis 3:23

Dominion Over Creation Conditional Immortality (Hell context)Stewardship of Creation

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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:

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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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Dominion Over Creation

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Stewardship of Creation

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Dominion Over Creation

This verse describes a consequence of an action, specifically the removal of a person from a location and a subsequent task. It does not directly discuss the nature of human authority over creation, but rather a specific labor assigned.

Conditional Immortality (Hell context)

This verse describes a physical expulsion from a garden and a return to agricultural labor, not the cessation of existence or the conditions for eternal life or death. It focuses on the immediate consequences of an action within a temporal, earthly context.

Stewardship of Creation

This verse describes a punishment and expulsion, not an assignment of care or responsibility. The act of "tilling the ground" is presented as a consequence of disobedience, distinct from the initial mandate to "tend and keep" the garden.

Dominion Over Creation

Related Verses

Genesis 2:15

“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

Genesis 3:17

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”

Genesis 2:8

“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

Genesis 4:12

“When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”

Genesis 3:21

“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”

Thematic Connections

Dominion Over Creation Conditional Immortality (Hell context)Stewardship of Creation

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