Genesis 2:15

Then the Lord God took the human and placed him in the garden of Eden to till it and to 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

14and the name of the third river is the Tigris, which heads toward the east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

16The Lord God also gave the human this command: “You may freely eat from every tree of the garden,

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2When on the seventh day God finished the work which he had done, he rested that day from all his work.

Ephesians 4:28Let the person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone in 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 →

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