Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. New Living Translation The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. English Standard Version The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. Berean Standard Bible Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. King James Bible And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. New King James Version Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. New American Standard Bible Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. NASB 1995 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. NASB 1977 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. Legacy Standard Bible Then Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. Amplified Bible So the LORD God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. Christian Standard Bible The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. American Standard Version And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Contemporary English Version The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it. English Revised Version And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it. Good News Translation Then the LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it. International Standard Version The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard it. Majority Standard Bible Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. NET Bible The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it. New Heart English Bible And God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and take care of it. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. World English Bible Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH God takes the man, and causes him to rest in the Garden of Eden, to serve it and to keep it. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah God will take the man and will set him down in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him. New American Bible The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. New Revised Standard Version The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and to keep it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH God took Adam and he left him in the Paradise of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Man and Woman in the Garden…14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,… Cross References Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.” Deuteronomy 5:33 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. Deuteronomy 11:13-15 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, / then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. / And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied. Psalm 104:14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: Psalm 115:16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. Proverbs 12:11 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment. Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Jeremiah 29:5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. Ezekiel 36:34-36 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. / Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’ / Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it. Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’ Luke 12:42-44 And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? / Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. / Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. the man. Genesis 2:2 And 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 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: put. Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Psalm 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Ephesians 4:28 Let 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. Jump to Previous Care Causeth Cultivate Dress Eden Elohim Garden Guard Rest Serve WorkJump to Next Care Causeth Cultivate Dress Eden Elohim Garden Guard Rest Serve WorkGenesis 2 1. The first Sabbath.4. Further details concerning the manner of creation. 8. The planting of the garden of Eden, and its situation; 15. man is placed in it; and the tree of knowledge forbidden. 18. The animals are named by Adam. 21. The making of woman, and the institution of marriage. The LORD God This phrase emphasizes the personal and covenantal name of God, "Yahweh" (YHWH), combined with "Elohim," which denotes His power and majesty. The use of "LORD God" here underscores both His intimate relationship with humanity and His sovereign authority over creation. In the Hebrew context, "Yahweh" is the name revealed to Moses, signifying God's eternal presence and faithfulness. This duality of intimacy and authority sets the stage for understanding God's interaction with humanity throughout the Bible. took the man placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it To dress it and to keep it.--The first word literally means to work it; for though a paradise, yet the garden had to be tilled and planted. Seeds must be sown and the cultivated plots kept in order; but all this really added to Adam's happiness, because the adamah, as yet uncursed, responded willingly to the husbandman's care. The other word, "to keep it," implies, however, some difficulty and danger. Though no unpropitious weather, nor blight nor mildew, spoiled the crop, yet apparently it had to be guarded against the incursion of wild animals and birds, and protected even against the violence of winds and the burning heat of the sun. Verse 15. - Having prepared the garden for man's reception, the Lord God took the man. "Not physically lifting him up and putting him down in the garden, but simply exerting an influence upon him which induced him, in the exercise of his free agency, to go. He went in consequence of a secret impulse or an open command of his Maker" (Bush). And put him into the garden; literally, caused him to rest in it as an abode of happiness and peace. To dress it. I.e. to till, cultivate, and work it. This would almost seem to hint that the aurea aetas of classical poetry was but a dream - a reminiscence of Eden, perhaps, but idealized. Even the plants, flowers, and trees of Eden stood in need of cultivation from the hand of man, and would speedily have degenerated without his attention. And to keep it. Neither were the animals all so peaceful and domesticated that Adam did not need to fence his garden against their depredations. Doubtless there is here too an ominous hint of the existence of that greater adversary against whom he was appointed to watch.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then the LORDיְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative took וַיִּקַּ֛ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take the man הָֽאָדָ֑ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being and placed him וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ (way·yan·ni·ḥê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, in the Garden בְגַן־ (ḇə·ḡan-) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden of Eden עֵ֔דֶן (‘ê·ḏen) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5731: Eden -- the garden home of Adam and Eve to cultivate לְעָבְדָ֖הּ (lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and keep it. וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ (ū·lə·šā·mə·rāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to Links Genesis 2:15 NIVGenesis 2:15 NLT Genesis 2:15 ESV Genesis 2:15 NASB Genesis 2:15 KJV Genesis 2:15 BibleApps.com Genesis 2:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 2:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 2:15 French Bible Genesis 2:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 2:15 Yahweh God took the man and put (Gen. 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