Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah God saith, 'Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.
Cross References
Genesis 2:9and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 11:6and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
Proverbs 3:18A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
Isaiah 47:12Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!
John 6:48I am the bread of the life;
Revelation 22:2in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, [is] a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree [are] for the service of the nations;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:22
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. We have here a further instance of God's care concerning our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. Though he corrects his disobedient children, and put them under the marks of his displeasure, yet he does not disinherit them, but, like a tender father, provides the herb of the field for their food and coats of skins for their clothing. Thus the father provided for the returning prodigal, Luke xv. 22, 23 . If the Lord had… Read the whole commentary →