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Genesis 2:25

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they were both naked, the man and his wife,.... Were as they were created, having no clothes on them, and standing in need of none, to shelter them from the heat or cold, being in a temperate…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

This is corroborated by the statement contained in Gen 2:25. “They were both naked, and were not ashamed.” Of nakedness in our sense of the term they had as yet no conception. On the contrary, they…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They were both naked, etc. - The weather was perfectly temperate, and therefore they had no need of clothing, the circumambient air being of the same temperature with their bodies. And as sin had not…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 2:21-25

Here we have, I. The making of the woman, to be a help-meet for Adam. This was done upon the sixth day, as was also the placing of Adam in paradise, though it is here mentioned after an account of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This verse by one simple illustration describes the condition of the man and the woman in the garden. It is not that of moral perfection, but that of the innocence and ignorance of childhood. The…