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Genesis 2:15 KJV

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

“To Dress it”
shamar: to keep, to guard, to watch, to preserve, to protect
Original Word: שָׁמַרPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: shamarPhonetic Spelling: (shaw-mar')Definition: to keep, to guard, to watch, to protect

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word OriginDefinitionto keep watch, To Guard or protect and Preserve