Genesis 3:23

3:23 So the Lord God expelled him ¹  from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 37:14

37:14 So Jacob ²  said to him, “Go now and check on ³  the welfare ⁴  of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word.” So Jacob ⁵  sent him from the valley of Hebron.

¹ tn The verb is the Piel preterite of שָׁלַח (shalakh), forming a wordplay with the use of the same verb (in the Qal stem) in v. 22: To prevent the man’s “sending out” his hand, the Lord “sends him out.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “see.”

⁴ tn Heb “peace.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.