Genesis 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.c ”

Genesis 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section III - The Fall - The Fall 1. נחשׁ nachash “serpent; related: hiss,” Gesenius; “sting,” Mey. ערוּם 'ārûm “subtle, crafty, using craft for defence.” 7. תפר tāpar “sew...
Genesis 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they (g) knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. (g) They began to feel their misery, but they did not...
Genesis 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Among the animals formed by Yahweh, in His first attempt to provide man with a companion, was the serpent; at that time either a quadruped or holding itself erect. It was eminent among its fellows fo...
Genesis 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

knew. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subj.) App-6. They knew before, but their knowledge now received. new meaning. Adam becomes "naked" by losing something of Elohim's glorious likeness. Roman...
Genesis 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And the eyes of them both were opened. It was necessary that the eyes of Eve should be veiled till her husband also was deceived; but now both, being alike bound by the chain of an unhappy...
Genesis 3:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 5 THE FALL OF MAN Genesis 3:6-7 . And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of...
Genesis 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The eyes of them both were opened - They now had a suffici...
Genesis 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the eyes of them both were opened, &c.— They found what the serpent had asserted to be true, Genesis 3:5 but in a manner far different from expectation. Their eyes were opened, but not...
Genesis 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The eyes of them both were opened. LeClerc considers...
Genesis 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FALL Genesis 3:1-24 PROFOUND as the teaching of this narrative is, its meaning does not lie on the surface. Literal interpretation will reach a measure of its significance, but plainly ther...
Genesis 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man and Woman, Temptation Genesis 2:18-25 ; Genesis 3:1-8 Human love is God's best gift to man. Without it even Eden would not be Paradise. That Adam was able to name the animals, affixing a t...
Genesis 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second section of the Book of Genesis. As the first has answered questions concerning creation, the second replies to questions asked in the presence of sin and suffering and sorrow....
Genesis 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Observe the immediate effect of sin. Shame, guilt and fear, filled...
Genesis 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Genesis 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. They knew that they were naked. ] Bereft of God...
Genesis 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The eyes of them both Of their minds and consciences, which hitherto had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil; were opened As Satan had promised them, although in a very different se...
Genesis 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FALL OF MAN The serpent is introduced in this chapter as being more cunning than all other beasts. This was evidently so just by the fact of Satan's using the serpent for his mouthpiece. It is...
Genesis 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Fall of Man. B. C. 4004. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for foo...
Genesis 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The eyes of them both. The eyes of their minds and conscience, which hitherto had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil, were opened, as the devil had promised them, though in a far...
Genesis 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they were naked, and they joined fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.' What a dreadful moment. Having eaten they suddenly bec...
Genesis 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 3:1-7 THE FIRST GREAT TEMPTATION It is well for the military general to study the plan and the history of great battles that have been fought in the...
Genesis 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 3 Consider: (1) some of the consequences, and (2) some of the corroborative proofs of the fall. I. Beside and behind the outward consequences, there were inward results far more terrible....
Genesis 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 3:1 . Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?...
Genesis 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:1 . The serpent. The rabbins and the christian doctors have largely sported their opinions here. St. Cyril contends that Satan assumed the figure of the serpent, and so talked with the w...
Genesis 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked The dawn of guilt I. A CONSCIOUS LOSS OF RECTITUDE. Moral nudity ( Revelation 3:17 ). 1. They deeply felt it. 2. They...
Genesis 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 3:1 How long the paradisiacal state of innocence and felicity continued the historian does not declare, probably as not falling within the scope of his immediate design....
Genesis 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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. With their transgression, the eyes of the man and woman were...
Genesis 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the. Genesis 3:5 Deuteronomy 28:34 2 Kings 6:20 Luke 16:23 knew. Genesis 3:10 Genesis 3:11 Genesis 2:25 and they. Job 9:29-31 Isaiah 28:20 Isaiah 59:6 aprons. or, things to gi...
Genesis 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Genesis 3:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some very vital questions which naturally tome to most minds. These we will seek to answer. 1. Did God know that man would sin when...

Genesis 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary