Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
Prayers for Genesis 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
14
The name of the third river is
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted a
Psalm 128:2
You will be happy and
Ephesians 4:28
He who steals must steal no longer; but rather
Genesis 2:2
By
Job 31:33
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,