Genesis 2:15
Yahweh God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to maintain it.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 Tigris, which flows east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
16Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From every tree in the garden you may freely eat.
Cross References
Genesis 2:2On the seventh day God came to the end of his work which he had done, and so he rested on the seventh day from all his work.
Job 31:33If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins 1 by hiding my guilt inside my tunic 1
Ephesians 4:28The one who had been stealing must steal no longer. He must labor, doing useful work with his hands, so that he may have something to share with those who are 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 →