And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
What does Genesis 2:25 mean?
Power over the creatures was given to man, and as a proof of this he named them all. It also shows his insight into the works of God.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 2:21-25 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 2:25
This is corroborated by the statement contained in Genesis 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 were conscious of being sufficiently clothed in a physical sense by nature's covering, the skin - and, in a spiritual point of view, they were clad as in a panoply of steel with the consciousness of innocence, or, indeed, the unconsciousness of evil existing anywhere, and the simple ignorance of its nature, except so far as the command of God had awakened in them some speculative conception of it. Hence, they were not ashamed.
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Context in Genesis 2
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Genesis 2 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as primeval history from creation to Babel. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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