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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God made tunics of [animal] skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God made clothing out of skins for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD God made clothes out of animal skins for the man and his wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife and dressed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD God fashioned garments from animal skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And God made clothing out of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For Adam also and for his wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH God makes coats of skin [for] the man and his wife, and clothes them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah God will make to Adam and to his wife, coats of skin, and will clothe them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife, garments of skins, and clothed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord God also made for Adam and his wife garments from skins, and he clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God made for the man and his wife garments of skin, with which he clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God made for Adam and his wife coats of leather, and he clothed them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skin, and clothed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/3-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=715" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">The Expulsion from Paradise</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">made</a> <a href="/hebrew/3801.htm" title="3801: kā·ṯə·nō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A tunic. Or kuttoneth; from an unused root meaning to cover; a shirt.">garments</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">of skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/121.htm" title="121: lə·’ā·ḏām (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The same as 'adam; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine.">for Adam</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ū·lə·’iš·tōw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">and his wife,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: way·yal·bi·šêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">and He clothed them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a></span><br />According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm">Leviticus 7:8</a></span><br />As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a></span><br />I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-14.htm">Romans 13:14</a></span><br />Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-27.htm">Galatians 3:27</a></span><br />For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/28-42.htm">Exodus 28:42</a></span><br />Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-3.htm">2 Corinthians 5:3</a></span><br />because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-14.htm">Job 29:14</a></span><br />I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-3.htm">Zechariah 3:3-5</a></span><br />Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. / So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” / Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-11.htm">Matthew 22:11-12</a></span><br />But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. / ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-18.htm">1 Peter 3:18</a></span><br />For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm">Ephesians 4:24</a></span><br />and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">To Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.</p><p class="hdg">make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a></b></br> And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they <i>were</i> naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a></b></br> I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh <i>himself</i> with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth <i>herself</i> with her jewels.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Romans 3:22</a></b></br> Even the righteousness of God <i>which is</i> by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/revelation/19-14.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/genesis/3-11.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Coats</a> <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Skins</a> <a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/4-1.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/exodus/28-41.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/genesis/41-42.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/genesis/24-53.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/exodus/28-40.htm">Coats</a> <a href="/genesis/3-23.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/genesis/24-53.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/genesis/27-16.htm">Skins</a> <a href="/genesis/4-1.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">The serpent deceives Eve.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">God arraigns them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">The serpent is cursed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">The promised seed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">The punishment of mankind.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Their first clothing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Their expulsion from paradise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the LORD God made garments of skin</b><br>This phrase highlights God's direct intervention and provision for Adam and Eve after the Fall. The use of "garments of skin" suggests the first instance of animal sacrifice, symbolizing the seriousness of sin and the necessity of atonement. This act foreshadows the sacrificial system later established in the Mosaic Law and ultimately points to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the "Lamb of God" (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>), who provides the ultimate covering for sin. The act of making garments also demonstrates God's continued care and mercy, even in judgment.<p><b>for Adam and his wife</b><br>The specific mention of "Adam and his wife" underscores the personal nature of God's provision. It reflects the intimate relationship between God and humanity, despite the breach caused by sin. This provision for both Adam and Eve indicates the equal need for redemption and covering for both genders, aligning with the biblical theme of equality in spiritual need and provision (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>).<p><b>and He clothed them</b><br>Clothing Adam and Eve signifies a transition from innocence to awareness of sin, as they had previously been naked and unashamed (<a href="/genesis/2-25.htm">Genesis 2:25</a>). This act of clothing is symbolic of God's grace, covering their shame and guilt. It prefigures the righteousness of Christ that believers are clothed with through faith (<a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a>). The act of God clothing them also contrasts with their earlier attempt to cover themselves with fig leaves (<a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>), highlighting the insufficiency of human efforts to deal with sin compared to God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The LORD God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of all things, who acts with authority and compassion in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/adam.htm">Adam</a></b><br>The first man created by God, who, along with his wife, disobeyed God's command, resulting in the Fall.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/eve.htm">Eve</a></b><br>The first woman, created from Adam, who also partook in the disobedience against God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_garden_of_eden.htm">The Garden of Eden</a></b><br>The initial dwelling place of Adam and Eve, representing a place of perfect fellowship with God before the Fall.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_making_of_garments.htm">The Making of Garments</a></b><br>An act of God providing for Adam and Eve's physical needs and symbolizing a deeper spiritual truth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_grace.htm">God's Provision and Grace</a></b><br>Despite Adam and Eve's disobedience, God provides for their needs, demonstrating His grace and mercy even in judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_sin.htm">The Cost of Sin</a></b><br>The making of garments from animal skins implies the first physical death, illustrating that sin results in death and foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covering_of_shame.htm">Covering of Shame</a></b><br>God's act of clothing Adam and Eve signifies the covering of their shame, pointing to the spiritual covering provided through Christ's righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_atonement.htm">The Necessity of Atonement</a></b><br>The shedding of blood for the garments prefigures the necessity of atonement for sin, fulfilled in Jesus' sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_of_relationship.htm">Restoration of Relationship</a></b><br>God's continued interaction with Adam and Eve, even after their sin, shows His desire to restore broken relationships.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Coats of skins.</span>--Animals, therefore, were killed even in Paradise; nor is it certain that man's diet was until the flood entirely vegetarian (see Note on <a href="/genesis/1-29.htm" title="And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.">Genesis 1:29</a>). Until sin entered the world no sacrifices could have been offered; and if, therefore, these were the skins of animals offered in sacrifice, as many suppose, Adam must in some way, immediately after the fall, have been taught that without shedding of blood is no remission of sin, but that God will accept a vicarious sacrifice. This is perhaps the most tenable view; and if, with Knobel, we see in this arrival at the idea of sacrifice a rapid development in Adam of thought and intellect, yet it may not have been entirely spontaneous, but the effect of divinely-inspired convictions rising up within his soul. It shows also that the innocence of our first parents was gone. In his happy state Adam had studied the animals, and tamed them and made them his friends; now a sense of guilt urges him to inflict upon them pain and suffering and death. But in the first sacrifice was laid the foundation of the whole Mosaical dispensation, as in <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm" title="And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.">Genesis 3:15</a> that of the Gospel. Moreover, from sacrificial worship there was alleviation for man's bodily wants, and he went forth equipped with raiment suited for the harder lot that awaited him outside the garden; and, better far, there was peace for his soul, and the thought--even if still but faint and dim--of the possibility for him of an atonement.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats</span> (<span class="accented">cathnoth</span>, from <span class="accented">cathan</span>, to cover; cf. <span class="greek">χιτών</span>; Sanscrit, <span class="accented">katam</span>; English, <span class="accented">cotton</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>of skin</span> (<span class="accented">or</span>, the skin of a man, from <span class="accented">ur</span>, to be naked, hence a hide). Neither their bodies (Origen), nor garments of the bark of trees (Gregory Nazianzen), nor miraculously-fashioned apparel (Grotius), nor clothing made from the serpent's skin (R. Jonathan), but tunics prepared from the skins of animals, slaughtered possibly for food, as it is not certain that the Edenie man was a vegetarian (<a href="/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29</a>), though more probably slain in sacrifice. Though said to have been made by God, "it is not proper so to understand the words, as if God had been a furrier, or a servant to sew clothes" (Calvin). God being said to make or do what he gives orders or instructions to be made or done. Willet and Macdonald, however, prefer to think that the garments were actually fashioned by God. Bush finds in the mention of Adam and his wife an intimation that they were furnished with different kinds of apparel, and suggests that on this fact is based the prohibition in <a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">Deuteronomy 22:5</a> against the interchange of raiment between the sexes. <span class="cmt_word">And clothed them.</span> <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> To show them how their mortal bodies might be defended from cold and other injuries. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> To cover their nakedness for comeliness' sake; <span class="accented">vestimenta honoris</span> (Chaldee Paraphrase). <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> To teach them the lawfulness of using the beasts of the field, as for food, so for clothing. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/3-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֜ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעַשׂ֩</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">garments</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּתְנ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(kā·ṯə·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3801.htm">Strong's 3801: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shirt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of skin</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and clothed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yal·bi·šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Adam</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָדָ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and his wife.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·’iš·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">OT Law: Genesis 3:21 Yahweh God made coats of skins (Gen. 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