"The Lord's purposes are not the purposes of men. He did not design that men should live in idleness. In the beginning He created man a gentleman; but though rich in all that the Owner of the universe could supply, Adam was not to be idle. No sooner was he created than his work was given him. He was to find employment and happiness in tending the things that God had created, and in response to his labor his wants were to be abundantly supplied from the fruits of the Garden of Eden. CT 273.2"
"And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the Genesis verse, describing Adam's work in the Garden of Eden.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord."
The EGW passage contrasts God's design for humanity with human tendencies, echoing the sentiment in Isaiah 55:8 about the difference between God's thoughts and human thoughts.