Genesis 3:21

Then Yahweh God killed some animals and made clothes from their skins for Adam and his wife.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20The man, whose name was Adam, named his wife Eve, which means ‘living’, because she became the ancestor of all living people.

22Then Yahweh said, “Look! Those two have become like us because they know what is good to do and what is evil to do. So now, it will not be good if they reach out and pick and eat some of the fruit from the tree which enables people who eat it to live forever!”

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:10I greatly rejoice because of what Yahweh has done! I am happy, because he has saved me and declared that I am righteous; those blessings are like [MET] a robe that he has put on me. I am as happy as [SIM] a bridegroom in his wedding suit, or a bride wearing jewels.

1 Corinthians 12:23And the parts that we do not think highly of are the parts that we clothe carefully. And we protect carefully those parts that we do not show to people.

2 Corinthians 5:21You must believe that even though Jesus never sinned, God punished him for all the sinful things that people do, just as if Jesus had done those sinful things himself. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:21

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. God having named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth, Adam, in further token of dominion, named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve that of the living soul. The reason of the name is here given (some think, by Moses the historian, others, by Adam himself): Because she was (that is, was to be) the mother of all living. He had before called her Ishah—woman, as a… Read the whole commentary →

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