Gen 2:15 | TNotes | STEP | 2:15 to tend and watch over: The garden required maintenance and oversight. Tending the Garden was humanity’s dignifying work. These roles in God’s garden-sanctuary were later applied to God’s Tabernacle (see Lev 8:35 ; Num 3:5-10 ; 4:46-49 ).

bLev 8:35►

cNum 3:5-10►

d4:46-49►

‏ Genesis 2:15

2:15 ^a to tend and watch over: The garden required maintenance and oversight. Tending the Garden was humanity’s dignifying work. These roles in God’s garden-sanctuary were later applied to God’s Tabernacle (see Lev 8:35 ^b; Num 3:5-10 ^c; 4:46-49 ^d).