Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the LORD God tooke ‖the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, Adam.
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28Let 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.
28Let him that stole, steale no more: but rather let him labour, working with his handes the thing which is good, that he may haue ‖to giue to him that needeth.
- Genesis 2:2Rank 4 from verse 15
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Genesis 2:15
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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An enclosed or cultivated place for plants, herbs, or fruit.
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Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.
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1. To tend or cultivate land or plants. 2. To prepare food or an offering.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
14And the name of the third riuer is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth ‖toward the East of Assyria: and the fourth riuer is Euphrates.
15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
15And the LORD God tooke ‖the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
Selected passage16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest †freely eate.