{"id":4341,"date":"2016-07-30T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2016-07-30T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T19:16:06","slug":"genesis-215-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4341","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 2:15 \u2014 Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five or six years ago, in a Sunday school class at our church, we took a course in Genesis from a professor of Bible at a major Christian college. His outline point for Genesis 2:15-25 was \u201cThe Responsibility of Man.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Genesis 2:15 (And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it<\/em>.), he said something I hadn\u2019t heard before. My notes from that day read as follows:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDress\u201d and \u201ckeep\u201d are not referring to work as in Genesis 3:23 (Therefore the LORD God sent him<\/em> [Adam] forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken<\/em>). The Hebrew words translated \u201cdress\u201d and \u201ckeep\u201d should be \u201cobey\u201d and \u201cworship.\u201d Man\u2019s responsibility was to obey and worship God. The word \u201cput\u201d in Genesis 2:15 means \u201ccaused to rest.\u201d So, God caused man to rest in the garden for the purpose of obeying and worshiping Him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I thought that made a great deal of sense, and whenever the subject came to mind I leaned toward this new interpretation.<\/p>\n

Just for the record, the new interpretation isn\u2019t the standard one. The NIV has the verse this way: The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

And the NASB: Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, I wrote a series of lessons on Genesis and I included the new interpretation. My lesson was questioned, and I eventually rewrote it. I\u2019ve done some follow-up study, and thought I\u2019d share what I found.<\/p>\n

Throughout my posts on this subject, I\u2019ll use the initials PDK for the traditional \u201cput, dress, keep\u201d interpretation and RWO for the new \u201crest, worship, obey\u201d interpretation.<\/p>\n

Also, when I quote sources, I\u2019m only going identify them if they are published. I\u2019ve been in contact with various people on an informal basis and don\u2019t know if they want their names bandied about. In those cases, you\u2019ll have to take my word for it. I assure you I haven’t changed a thing they’ve said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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