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Expulsion from Eden (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a founding expulsion in which God takes the violence upon himself, founding humanity by driving Adam and Eve away.

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The Expulsion from Eden (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠John's Prologue both define God and man by expulsion — except that in Genesis God drives out man to found culture, and in John man drives out God.