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Genesis 2:15

Eden
WorkCreation

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

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

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

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BSB
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
KJV
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
WEB
The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
ASV
And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
DARBY
And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.
BLB
And YHWH God took the man and He caused him to rest in the garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.
ÅB
Og Gud Herren tok mennesket og satte ham i Edens have til å dyrke og vokte den.
OTB
Herren Gud tok mannen og satte ham i Edens hage for å dyrke den og ta vare på den.
B1930
Og Gud Herren tok mennesket og satte ham i Edens have til å dyrke og vokte den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 128:2

    For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

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  • Genesis 2:8

    And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

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  • Ephesians 4:28

    He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

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  • Genesis 2:2

    And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

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