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Genesis 2:15 — And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to…
“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
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The verses around Genesis 2:15.
13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Verse explanation
Before any disobedience, the human being already had a task: to tend the garden. Work is not a punishment that comes after sin — it’s part of the original plan from the very start.
From the Genesis 2 study in Bible in Stories.
Genesis 2:15 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E tomou o Senhor Deus o homem, e o poz no jardim do Eden para o lavrar e o guardar.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Então o SENHOR Deus tomou o homem, e o pôs no jardim de Éden, para que o lavrasse e o guardasse.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
El Señor Dios puso al hombre en el Jardín de Edén para que lo cultivara y cuidara de él.
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More verses about work
- Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
- Proverbs 16:3Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor…
- Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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