Genesis 2:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
Genesis 2:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 2:15 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 2:15 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 2:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”
Genesis 2:15 — World English Bible
Genesis 2:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. ”
Genesis 2:15 — American Standard Version
Genesis 2:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.”
Genesis 2:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 2:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it. ”
Genesis 2:15 — Darby Translation
Genesis 2:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.”
Genesis 2:15 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 2:15 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord God took the human and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and guard it.”
Genesis 2:15 — The Living Sword
Genesis 2:15 in Context — Genesis 2
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.
15 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.
What Does Genesis 2:15 Mean?
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