Genesis 2:15
The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
World English Bible British
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
16The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
Cross References
Genesis 2:2On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Job 31:33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Ephesians 4:28Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has 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 →