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Book Six — the temptation and fall

Verse 23. The Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken

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Verse 23. The Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.1

VERS. 23. Emisit eum Dominus Deus de paradiso voluptatis, ut operaretur terram, de qua sumptus est.

Translator’s notes

  1. New lemma: Genesis 3:23 (set off by 'VERS. 23.' and centered). ↩

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Benito Pererius, S.J., “Verse 23. The Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken,” in Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume I, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/perera-genesis-1/202-verse-23-the-lord-god-sent-him/.

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