Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
16And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Job 31:33If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
Ephesians 4:28He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth 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 →