KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 2:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָ֥ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “took” | וַיִּקַּ֛ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “the man,” | הָֽאָדָ֑ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “and put him” | וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ | To deposit; by implication, to allow to stay | put |
| “into the garden” | בְגַן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “of Eden” | עֵ֔דֶן | Eden, the region of Adam's home | Eden |
| “to dress” | לְעָבְדָ֖הּ | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | dress |
| “it and to keep” | וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ | Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc | keep |
| “it.” | וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ | Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc | it |
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13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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