Genesis 2:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

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  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Gen 2:8 : 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.
  • Gen 2:2 : 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

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  • Gen 2:4-10
    7 verses
    88%

    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

    5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

    6But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

    7And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

    8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

    9And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

    10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided, and became four heads.

  • Gen 3:21-24
    4 verses
    82%

    21Also, for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

    22Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

    23Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

    24So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

  • Gen 2:16-25
    10 verses
    81%

    16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

    17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat: for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.

    18And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

    19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

    20And Adam gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

    21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

    22And with the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, He made a woman and brought her to the man.

    23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

    25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Gen 1:26-30
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    75%

    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

    29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

    30And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.

  • Gen 3:6-9
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    75%

    6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.

    7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

    8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

    9Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

  • Gen 2:14
    72%

    14And the name of the third river is Tigris: it is the one that flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

  • Gen 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

    12And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

  • Gen 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

    2Male and female He created them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

  • Eccl 2:5
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    5I made gardens and orchards for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

  • Gen 3:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

    3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.

  • Gen 1:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 3:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

    18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field;

    19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.