What might be the intent behind the word “drive”?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Jared’s phrase, ‘drive us out of the land,’ is like the language used to describe Adam and Eve’s being driven from the Garden of Eden (Ether 1:38; Gen. 3:24; Moses 4:31), as well as the expression Cain used when he was driven from ‘the face of the Lord’ (Moses 5:39; Gen. 4:14). … The Hebrew word used in these verses is garash, which means to ‘drive out,’ ‘cast out,’ ‘separate,’ ‘divorce’ or ‘expel,’ sometimes suggesting ‘forcible or violent expulsion’ (Harris 1:173)” (Valletta, “Jared and His Brother,” 309).

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