2:15 Humans were not simply to inhabit the Garden. Rather, they were “to dress” (work, serve, labor) and “to keep” (guard, protect, superintend) it. Combining these terms, humans were to be both servant of and lord over the Garden. By extension, this relationship remains today as the basis of human stewardship of the earth. 2:17 Transgression did not come from the tree or its fruit, but the defiance of eating thereof against God’s commandment. God warned that such disobedience would surely bring