Genesi 3:23

23 Perciò il Signore Iddio mandò l’uomo fuor del giardino di Eden, per lavorar la terra, dalla quale era stato tolto.

Genesi 3:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 3:23

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of
Eden
Gave him orders to depart immediately; sent or put him away as a man does his wife, when he divorces her; or as a prince banishes a rebellious subject: for how long Adam was in the garden (See Gill on Psalms 49:12), however, he did not send him to hell at once, as he did the apostate angels, but

to till the ground, from whence he was taken:
either the earth in general, out of which he was made, and to which he must return, and in the mean while must labour hard, in digging and ploughing, in planting and sowing, that so he might get a livelihood; or that particular spot out of which he was formed, which is supposed from hence to have been without the garden of Eden, though very probably near unto it: some say it was a field near Damascus; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``he went and dwelt in Mount Moriah, to till the ground out of which he was created;''

and so other Jewish writers say ^F16, the gate of paradise was near Mount Moriah, and there Adam dwelt after he was cast out.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Pirke Eliezer, c. 20. fol. 20. 2.

Genesi 3:23 In-Context

21 E il Signore Iddio fece delle toniche di pelle ad Adamo ed alla sua moglie; e li vestì.

22 Poi il Signore Iddio disse: Ecco, l’uomo è divenuto come uno di noi, avendo conoscenza del bene e del male; ora adunque e’ si convien provvedere che talora egli non istenda la mano, e non prenda ancora del frutto dell’albero della vita, e ne mangi, e viva in perpetuo.

23 Perciò il Signore Iddio mandò l’uomo fuor del giardino di Eden, per lavorar la terra, dalla quale era stato tolto.

24 Così egli cacciò l’uomo, e pose dei Cherubini davanti al giardino di Eden, con una spada fiammeggiante che si vibrava in giro, per guardar la via dell’albero della vita.