Genesis 3:21

Genesis 3:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

Context of Genesis 3:21

19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’ 20Adam gave his wife a name. He called her Eve. This was because she would become the mother of all people. The Lord God made clothes for Adam and Eve to wear. He used the skins from animals to make them. 22The Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us because he understands good and evil. So we must not let him take fruit from the tree that gives life. If he eats that fruit, he will live for ever.’ 23So the Lord God sent Adam out of the Garden of Eden. To get his food, Adam had to dig the ground that God had used to make him.

Genesis 3:21 word by word

וַיַּעַשׂ֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים לְאָדָ֧ם וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ כָּתְנ֥וֹת ע֖וֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Unto Adamאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• also and to his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• did the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• coatsכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801
• of skinsעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• and clothed themלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847

Cross-references for Genesis 3:21

• Genesis 3:7Then they understood what they had done. They realized that they were not wearing any clothes. So they took some leaves from fig trees. They tied them together to cover their bodies.
• Isaiah 61:10I am very happy, because of what the Lord, my God, has done. I have so much joy! He has given salvation to me, like clothes that I can wear all the time. I have his righteousness as my coat! He makes me handsome, like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat. He makes me beautiful, like a bride who wears her jewels.
• Romans 3:22God accepts people as right with himself because Jesus Christ did what God wanted. God accepts every person who believes in Christ. It is the same way for everyone, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.
• 2 Corinthians 5:2Now, while we are in our body here on earth, we cry inside ourselves. We want to go and live in our house that is in heaven.

Commentaries on Genesis 3:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21God 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. Hence we may safely…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 - XVI. The Judgment 15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” ͂ (= ͂ ?) tērein ̓́ ektribein Job 9:17, ͂ katapatein Psalm 139:11, ́ suntribein Romans 16:20. 16. תשׁוּקה teshûqâh “desire, inclination.” ́ apostrofee ̓́ epistrophē Genesis 3:8-13; the sentence pronounced upon each, Genesis 3:14-19; and certain particulars following thereupon, Genesis 3:20-21. Genesis 3:8-9 The voice, we conceive, is the thunder of the approach of God and his call to Adam…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-21Verses 20-21 God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve of the living soul. Adam probably had regard to the blessing of a Redeemer, the promised Seed, in calling his wife Eve, or life; for He should be the life of all believers, and in Him all the families of the earth should be blessed. See also God's care for our first parents…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21God showed mercy and gave Adam and Eve better clothing (compare 3:7) before sending them into the harsh world outside the garden.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. 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 (He 9:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 3:21

• Adam
• Dress
• Eve
• God
• Leather
• Sin
• Skin

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Above
• Beguile
• Bread
• Clothe
• Coat
• Conception
• Dust

Commentaries on Genesis 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings