Genesis 2:25

Genesis 2:25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

a. NLT: Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.

b. NIV: Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

c. YLT: And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other’s presence.

e. Septuagint: And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: They were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

1. “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

a. And they were [Strong: 1961 h ayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.

b. both [Strong: 8147 shnayim shen-ah'-yim dual of 8145; feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:--both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.]

c. naked [Strong: 6174 `arowm aw-rome' or marom {aw-rome'}; from 6191 (in its original sense); nude, either partially or totally:--naked.]

d. [the] man [Strong: 120 'adam aw-dawm' from 119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):--X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.]

e. [and his] wife [Strong: 802 'ishshah ish-shaw' feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]

f. [and were] not [Strong: 3808 lo' lo or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.]

g. ashamed [Strong: 954 buwsh boosh a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:--(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.]

1). They were not ashamed because they were created in the likeness and image of God. They were clothed with something other than mere garments. While God is clothed with honour and majesty, man was created and crowned with glory and honour.

a). Psalm 104:1, 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

b). Psalm 8:4-8 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

2). Our adorning should not be from the outward but from the inward. You know of course I’m not saying we shouldn’t wear clothes. What I’m saying is the inward man should be louder than what we are wearing.

a). 1 Peter 3:3-5 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning or plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: