Genesis 2:15

The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for 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

14The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.

16The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.

Job 31:33Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?

Ephesians 4:28Thieves, stop your stealing, and do honest, productive work with your hands, so you'll have something to give to those who need it.

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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