Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took Adam and placed him in the garden of Eden to culture it and keep it.
Targum Onkelos
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
16And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden eating thou mayest eat;
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And the Lord finished in the Seventh Day His work which He had wrought, and rested in the Seventh Day from all His work which He had wrought.
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 →