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


In Context

12 and the gold of that land is good, there is the bdolach and the shoham stone;

13 and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

14 and the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

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

16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying thou dost 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 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 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 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.