7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? …
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)Here we see what Eve’s parley with the tempter ended in. Satan, at length, gains his point, and the strong-hold is taken by his wiles. God tried the obedience of our first parents by forbidding them the tree of knowledge, and Satan does, as it were, join issue with God, and in that very thing undertakes to seduce them into a transgression; and here we find how he prevailed, God permitting it for w…
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