‘And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.'

This does not primarily mean naked before each other, but naked before God. Their state of total innocence meant that they were unashamed of who and what they were. They had nothing to hide from, and no need to fear God's scrutiny. They could, as it were, ‘look God in the eye'. They were totally open to God and to each other in body and soul. It was an indication that all was well with them.

Later being ‘naked' before God would be seen as a terrible situation, for it meant that all their sins were revealed. It was terrible because they could no longer ‘look God in the eye'. They were too sinful. But there was no fear of this here. See Isaiah 47:3; Lamentations 1:8; Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 23:18; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Hebrews 4:13.

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