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AndוַYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםsent him outיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּfrom the gardenמִגַּןof Edenעֵדֶןto workלַעֲבֹדthe groundאֶת הָאֲדָמָהfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםhe had been taken.לֻקַּח
Genesis 3:23
Study it in the app“And YHWH Elohim sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:23, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- sent him outיְשַׁלְּחֵyeshalche
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalche” appears- from the gardenגַּןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- of Edenעֵדֶןeden
Eden
Eden, the name of the region where God planted the garden. In Hebrew the word sounds just like "delight".
Where else “eden” appears- to workעֲבֹדavod
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avod” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- he had been takenלֻקַּחlukach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lukach” appears
The context
22And YHWH Elohim said, “Look, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, so that he does not reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever—”
23 · This verse (above)
24And he drove out the man, and he stationed east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the flame of the sword that turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?