15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.


In Context

12 And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia

14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.

16 And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 2:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:15The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:15And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.