The Steward Trusted With Everything and Then Driven Out

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 34:5

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Another interpretation: To a king who had a household steward and gave him authority over all that he owned. Everyone began to say: he is the king's partner. What did the king do? He drove him out. So too, "And the LORD sent him out from the Garden of Eden" (Genesis 3:23).

Themes

Adam EveExileDivine Justice

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