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378 The sign of man's familiarity with God is that God places him in the garden. ²⁵⁵ There he lives "to till it and keep it". Work is not yet a burden, ²⁵⁶ but rather the collaboration of man and woman with God in perfecting the visible creation.

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255 Cf. Gen 2:8.

256 Gen 2:15; cf. 3:17-19

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