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Genesis 2:15
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KJ21
And the Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
ASV
And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
AMP
So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
AMPC
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.
BRG
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
CSB
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
CSBA
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
CEB
The Lord God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it.
CJB
Adonai, God, took the person and put him in the garden of ‘Eden to cultivate and care for it.
CEV
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.
DARBY
And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.
DRA
And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.
ERV
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.
EASY
The Lord God took the man and he put him in the Garden of Eden. God wanted the man to work in the garden and to take care of it.
EHV
The Lord God took the man and settled him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.
ESV
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
ESVUK
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
EXB
The Lord God [L took and] put ·the man [or Adam; 1:27] in the garden of Eden to ·care for [or till] it and ·work [take care of; look after] it.
GNV
¶ Then the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dress it, and keep it.
GW
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it.
GNT
Then the Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it.
HCSB
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
ICB
The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it.
ISV
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard it.
JUB
And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to 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.
AKJV
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
LSB
Then Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
LEB
And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.
TLB
The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden as its gardener, to tend and care for it.
MSG
God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
MEV
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and to keep it.
NOG
Then Yahweh Elohim took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it.
NABRE
The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.
NASB
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.
NASB1995
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
NCB
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden so that he might work it and care for it.
NCV
The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it.
NET
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
NIRV
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden. He put him there to farm its land and take care of it.
NIV
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
NIVUK
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
NKJV
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
NLV
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work the ground and care for it.
NLT
The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
NRSVA
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
NRSVACE
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
NRSVCE
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
NRSVUE
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
OJB
And Hashem Elohim took the adam and put him in the Gan Eden la’avod (to till, to work) it and to be shomer over it.
RSV
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
RSVCE
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
TLV
Then Adonai Elohim took the man and gave him rest in the Garden of Eden in order to cultivate and watch over it.
VOICE
The Eternal God placed the newly made man in the garden of Eden in order to work the ground and care for it.
WEB
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
WYC
Therefore the Lord God took man, and set him in (the) paradise of liking, that he should work and keep it. (And so the Lord God took the man, and put him in the Garden of Eden, so that he would work it, and care for it.)
YLT
And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.
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