Genesis 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
King James Version
In Context
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Cross References
Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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 →