Genesis 2:15

And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

16And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.

Job 31:33Or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin 1

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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