Genesis 3 · Verse 21

Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:21, King James Version

Genesis 3:21 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
WEBThe LORD God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
ASVAnd Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
YLTAnd Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.
DARBYAnd Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.
BBEAnd the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.
WebsterFor Adam also and for his wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

What does Genesis 3:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 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. Hence we may safely infer, 1. That as Adam and Eve needed this clothing as soon as they fell, and death had not as yet made any ravages in the animal world, it is most likely that the skins were taken off victims offered under the direction of God himself, and in faith of Him who, in the fullness of time, was to make an atonement by his death. And it seems reasonable also that this matter should be brought about in such a way that Satan and death should have no triumph, when the very first death that took place in the world was an emblem and type of that death which should conquer Satan, destroy his empire, reconcile God to man, convert man to God, sanctify human nature, and prepare it for heaven.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 3:20-21

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…

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Genesis 3:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעַשׂ֩vai.ya.'Asand he madeH6213
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
לְאָדָ֧םle.'a.Damfor AdamH121
וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹul.'ish.Toand for wife hisH802
כָּתְנ֥וֹתka.te.Notgarments ofH3801
ע֖וֹרorskinH5785
וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם\׃\ \פvai.yal.bi.Shemand he clothed themH3847

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 3:21

  • Isaiah 61:10

    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 himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:2-3

    For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

  • Genesis 3:7

    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

  • Romans 3:22

    Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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7; Isa 61:10; Ro 3:22; 2Co 5:2,3,21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 3:20

    And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

  • Genesis 3:21

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

  • Genesis 3:22

    And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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Genesis 3:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jehová Dios hizo al hombre y á su mujer túnicas de pieles, y vistiólos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel Dieu fit à Adam et à sa femme des vêtements de peau, et les revêtit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova Gott machte Adam und seinem Weibe Röcke von Fell und bekleidete sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fecit quoque Dominus Deus Adæ et uxori ejus tunicas pelliceas, et induit eos: