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Genesis 2:15

Eden
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13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 128:2

    For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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  • Genesis 2:8

    And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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  • Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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  • Genesis 2:2

    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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