Genesis 2:15

The Lord God put the man into the garden to dig the ground and to take care of everything.

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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

14The third river was called Tigris. It went along the east side of the country called Assyria. And the fourth river was called Yoo-fray-tees (Euphrates).

16The Lord God said to the man, “You can eat fruit from any of the trees in this garden.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2He made everything in 6 days, and on day 7, God rested and he stopped making things.

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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