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Genesis 2:15

Adonai God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden [Delight] to cultivate and keep 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 name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria [Level plain]. The fourth river is the Euphrates [Fruitful].

16Adonai God enjoined the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

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Cross References

Genesis 2:2On the seventh 'yom ·period of time, day· God finished his work which he had done; and he shavat ·rested· + 2:2. Quoted in Heb 4:4 on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

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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