Genesis 3:21 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 3:21

And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

KJV

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 6.2.7 (253)

It is said that God made those miserable garments with which the first man was clothed after he had sinned. "For God made skin tunics and clothed Adam and his wife." Therefore, those were tunics of skin taken from animals. For with such as these, it was necessary for the sinner to be dressed. It says, "with skin tunics," which are a symbol of the mortality that he received because of his skin and of his frailty that came from the corruption of the flesh.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The beasts whose skins they were, must be slain; slain before their eyes to shew them what death is. And probably 'tis supposed they were slain for sacrifice, to typify the great sacrifice which in the latter end of the world should be offered once for all. Thus the first thing that died was a sacrifice, or Christ in a figure.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

God made coats of skins - It is very likely that the skins out of which their clothing was made were taken off animals whose blood had been poured out as a sin-offering to God; for as we find Cain and Abel offering sacrifices to God, we may fairly presume that God had given them instructions on this head; nor is it likely that the notion of a sacrifice could have ever occurred to the mind of man without an express revelation from God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

God made coats of skins--taught them to make these for themselves. This implies the institution of animal sacrifice, which was undoubtedly of divine appointment, and instruction in the only acceptable mode of worship for sinful creatures, through faith in a Redeemer (Heb 9:22).

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַשׂ֩	vai.ya.'As	and he made	H6213 →
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהִ֜ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
לְאָדָ֧ם	le.'a.Dam	for Adam	H121 →
וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ	ul.'ish.To	and for wife his	H802 →
כָּתְנ֥וֹת	ka.te.Not	garments of	H3801 →
ע֖וֹר	or	skin	H5785 →
וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם׃ פ	vai.yal.bi.Shem	and he clothed them	H3847 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 Peter 3:18
  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,
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
  It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Through
Isaiah 61:10
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…
leads to
- Revelation 19:7–8
  Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Through
Romans 3:22
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
leads to
- Romans 10:12
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Galatians 3:28
  There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.