The LORD God
This phrase emphasizes the personal and covenantal name of God, "Yahweh" (YHWH), combined with "Elohim," which denotes His power and majesty. The use of "LORD God" here underscores both His intimate relationship with humanity and His sovereign authority over creation. In the context of Genesis, it highlights God's continued involvement with Adam and Eve even after their disobedience, showcasing His grace and mercy.

made garments of skin
The Hebrew word for "made" is "asah," which implies a deliberate and purposeful action. This act of making garments signifies God's provision and care for Adam and Eve despite their sin. The "garments of skin" suggest the first instance of death in the biblical narrative, as animals would have been sacrificed to provide these coverings. This foreshadows the sacrificial system later established in the Mosaic Law and ultimately points to the sacrifice of Christ, the "Lamb of God," who covers the sins of humanity.

for Adam and his wife
The mention of "Adam and his wife" reiterates the personal nature of God's action. Despite their fall, God acknowledges their identity and relationship. The use of "his wife" instead of "Eve" at this point in the narrative may emphasize the unity and partnership intended in marriage, even in the face of sin and its consequences.

and clothed them
The act of clothing Adam and Eve is rich with symbolic meaning. The Hebrew root "labash" means to clothe or dress, indicating a covering or protection. This act of clothing is not merely physical but also spiritual, as it represents God's covering of their shame and sin. It is a precursor to the righteousness that believers receive through faith in Christ, who clothes us in His righteousness. This divine act of clothing signifies God's ongoing care and the promise of redemption, even in the midst of judgment.

(21) Coats of skins.--Animals, therefore, were killed even in Paradise; nor is it certain that man's diet was until the flood entirely vegetarian (see Note on Genesis 1:29). Until sin entered the world no sacrifices could have been offered; and if, therefore, these were the skins of animals offered in sacrifice, as many suppose, Adam must in some way, immediately after the fall, have been taught that without shedding of blood is no remission of sin, but that God will accept a vicarious sacrifice. This is perhaps the most tenable view; and if, with Knobel, we see in this arrival at the idea of sacrifice a rapid development in Adam of thought and intellect, yet it may not have been entirely spontaneous, but the effect of divinely-inspired convictions rising up within his soul. It shows also that the innocence of our first parents was gone. In his happy state Adam had studied the animals, and tamed them and made them his friends; now a sense of guilt urges him to inflict upon them pain and suffering and death. But in the first sacrifice was laid the foundation of the whole Mosaical dispensation, as in Genesis 3:15 that of the Gospel. Moreover, from sacrificial worship there was alleviation for man's bodily wants, and he went forth equipped with raiment suited for the harder lot that awaited him outside the garden; and, better far, there was peace for his soul, and the thought--even if still but faint and dim--of the possibility for him of an atonement.

Verse 21. - Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats (cathnoth, from cathan, to cover; cf. χιτών; Sanscrit, katam; English, cotton) of skin (or, the skin of a man, from ur, to be naked, hence a hide). Neither their bodies (Origen), nor garments of the bark of trees (Gregory Nazianzen), nor miraculously-fashioned apparel (Grotius), nor clothing made from the serpent's skin (R. Jonathan), but tunics prepared from the skins of animals, slaughtered possibly for food, as it is not certain that the Edenie man was a vegetarian (Genesis 1:29), though more probably slain in sacrifice. Though said to have been made by God, "it is not proper so to understand the words, as if God had been a furrier, or a servant to sew clothes" (Calvin). God being said to make or do what he gives orders or instructions to be made or done. Willet and Macdonald, however, prefer to think that the garments were actually fashioned by God. Bush finds in the mention of Adam and his wife an intimation that they were furnished with different kinds of apparel, and suggests that on this fact is based the prohibition in Deuteronomy 22:5 against the interchange of raiment between the sexes. And clothed them.

1. To show them how their mortal bodies might be defended from cold and other injuries.

2. To cover their nakedness for comeliness' sake; vestimenta honoris (Chaldee Paraphrase).

3. To teach them the lawfulness of using the beasts of the field, as for food, so for clothing. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...

The LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֜ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

made
וַיַּעַשׂ֩ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

garments
כָּתְנ֥וֹת (kā·ṯə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3801: A shirt

of skin
ע֖וֹר (‘ō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

and clothed
וַיַּלְבִּשֵֽׁם׃ (way·yal·bi·šêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe

Adam
לְאָדָ֧ם (lə·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

and his wife.
וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ (ū·lə·’iš·tōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


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