Genesis 2:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:28 : 28 whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
  • Gen 2:8 : 8 And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee.
  • Gen 2:2 : 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

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  • Gen 2:4-10
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    88%

    4These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

    5and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,

    6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

    7And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

    8And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

    9and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

    10And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief `rivers';

  • Gen 3:21-24
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    21And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

    22And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

    23Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

    24yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

  • Gen 2:16-25
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    81%

    16And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

    17and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'

    18And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

    19And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that `is' its name.

    20And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper -- as his counterpart.

    21And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.

    22And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

    23and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

    24therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

    25And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

  • Gen 1:26-30
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    26And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

    27And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

    28And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

    29And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which `is' upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which `is' the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

    30and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so.

  • Gen 3:6-9
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    6And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

    7and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they `are' naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

    8And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

    9And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where `art' thou?'

  • Gen 2:14
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    14and the name of the third river `is' Hiddekel, it `is' that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.

  • Gen 3:11-12
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    11And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou `art' naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

    12and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'

  • Gen 5:1-2
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    72%

    1This `is' an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;

    2a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

  • Eccl 2:5
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    5I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

  • Gen 3:1-3
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    1And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

    2And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

    3and of the fruit of the tree which `is' in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

  • Gen 1:11-12
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    72%

    11And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

    12And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed `is' in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that `it is' good;

  • Gen 3:17-19
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    17And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed `is' the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

    18and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;

    19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'