Did the skins for the first clothing come from a sacrifice?
Question:
Where did the "skins" come from that God used to cloth Adam and Eve? Genesis 3:20-21. Did this skin come from an animal? Wouldn't this action by God be considered the "first" sacrifice?
Please clarify. Thank you.
Answer:
After God issued the punishments to Adam and Eve for their sin, he took animal skins and made tunics for the man and woman (Genesis 3:21). It would not be considered a sacrifice because it was God who collected the skin, not man. Nothing was offered up to God.
Question:
Wow! I like that, but what was the first sacrifice then?
Answer:
We don't know what the first sacrifice was, but the first recorded sacrifices were those made by Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:3-5.
