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Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:15 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

    ASV

  • And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

    BBE

  • And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

    DBY

  • Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

    WEB

  • And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

    YLT

  • And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

    ENG

  • And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

    WBT

  • Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

    BSB

In context

13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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