Genesis 2:15

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.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

16And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

Job 31:33If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

Ephesians 4:28Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:9-16

The Garden of Eden. ( b. c. 4004.) 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the… Read the whole commentary →

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