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


In Context

12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)

13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep 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.