Verse List for GEN 2:15

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OET (OET-RV) Yahweh God took the man and put him in the garden at Eden to cultivate and maintain it

OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it _took god DOM the_humankind and_he/it _put_him/it in_garden of _ˊĒden to_work_her/it and_to_guard/attend _to_her/it.

ULT And Yahweh God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and tend it.

UST After Yahweh God placed the man in Eden Garden to cultivate it and take care of it,

BSB & MSB Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

OEB Then the Lord God took the human and placed him in the garden of Eden to till it and to care for it.

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

NET The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

LSV And YHWH God takes the man, and causes him to rest in the Garden of Eden, to serve it and to keep it.

FBV The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.

T4T Yahweh God took the man and put him in Eden park/garden to till/cultivate it and take care of it.

LEB And Yahweh God took the man[fn] and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

BBE And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

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JPS 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.

DRA And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep 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.

Drby And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

RV And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

SLT And Jehovah God will take the man and will set him down in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

Wbstr And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

KJB-1769 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.[fn]

KJB-1611 And the LORD God tooke [fn]the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And the Lord God toke the man, and put hym in the garden of Eden, that he myght worke it, and kepe it.
(And the Lord God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden, that he might work it, and keep it.)

Gnva Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.
(Then the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dress it and keep it.)

Cvdl And the LORDE God toke man, & set him in the pleasaunt garden of Eden, to dresse it & to kepe it.
(And the LORD God took man, and set him in the pleasant garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.)

Wycl Therfor the Lord God took man, and settide hym in paradis of likyng, that he schulde worche and kepe it.
(Therefore the Lord God took man, and set him in paradise of liking, that he should work and keep it.)

Luth Und GOtt der HErr nahm den Menschen und setzte ihn in den Garten Eden, daß er ihn bauete und bewahrete.
(And God the/of_the LORD took the people and sat him/it in the garden Eden, that he him/it built and preserved/kept/retainede.)

ClVg Tulit ergo Dominus Deus hominem, et posuit eum in paradiso voluptatis, ut operaretur, et custodiret illum:[fn]
(He_took therefore Master God man, and put him in/into/on paradise pleasure, as operaretur, and to_guardt him:)

UHB וַ⁠יִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽ⁠אָדָ֑ם וַ⁠יַּנִּחֵ֣⁠הוּ בְ⁠גַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְ⁠עָבְדָ֖⁠הּ וּ⁠לְ⁠שָׁמְרָֽ⁠הּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἔπλασε, καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τῆς τρυφῆς, ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάσσειν.

BrTr And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.