[(Gen. 3:22:) BEHOLD, THE HUMAN.] What is written above on the matter (in Gen. 3:21): AND THE LORD GOD MADE [TUNICS OF SKIN] FOR ADAM [AND HIS WIFE]. What is the meaning of TUNICS OF SKIN?⁶⁴ 14. R. Me'ir and R. Johanan say: Like the {strong} [fine] clothes that come from Bethshean, which are in contact with a person's flesh without {irritating him} [him noticing them ]. R. Samuel bar Nahmani said: Leporinae⁶⁵ {i.e., kinds of garments}. R. Joshua ben Levi said: Rabbit skin.⁶⁶. R. Jose b. R. Hanina said: A garment of goatskin.⁶⁷. R. Abbahu said: R. Isaac says: Smooth like a fingernail and beautiful like a pearl.⁶⁸. Resh Laqish said: Like the work of heaven; and when the liturgy was performed by the first-born, they would sacrifice in them (these garments). Upon his sinning, the Holy One began mourning (in Gen. 3:22): BEHOLD, THE HUMAN.

footnotes: ⁶⁴ Cf. Gen. R. 20:12; PRE ⁶⁵ The Latin word means “of a hare.” ⁶⁶ Gk.: lageia ⁶⁷ Gk.: sisurnon ⁶⁸ Gk.: margellion

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