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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Job 31:33If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —

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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