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Genesis 3:7

Genesis 3:7
And 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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the eyes of them both were opened,.... Not of their bodies, but of their minds; not so as to have an advanced knowledge of things pleasant, profitable, and useful, as was promised and expected,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The eyes of them both were opened - They now had a sufficient discovery of their sin and folly in disobeying the command of God; they could discern between good and evil; and what was the consequence?…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 3:6-8

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And the eyes, &c. The serpent's promise is fulfilled; their eyes having been opened, they have forfeited the state of innocence of which nakedness was symbolical, cf. Gen 2:25. The knowledge to which…

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