Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
King James Version
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Holman Bible
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
International Standard Version
The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard it.
A Conservative Version
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Amplified
So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah God will take the man and will set him down in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.
King James 2000
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD God took Adam and put him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.
NET Bible
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
The Emphasized Bible
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.
Webster
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.
World English Bible
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.
Themes
Agriculture » General references to
Agriculture » The first occupation of man
Agriculture » Divine institution of
Agriculture or husbandry » The occupation of man before the fall
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
Gardens » Of eden » Man placed in, to dress and keep
Industry » Required of man in a state of innocence
Man » Placed in the garden of eden
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Laqach
Yanach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:15
Images Genesis 2:15
Prayers for Genesis 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
14 And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Job 31:33
If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,