The Meaning of Genesis 3:7 Explained

Genesis 3:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they are naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Genesis 3:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 3:1-8 - Man And Woman, Temptation
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 title suggested by some peculiarity or characteristic, indicated his royal supremacy, and, in so far as we live in God, that supremacy is restored. See Daniel 6:22; Mark 1:13. But what is power without love, or a throne without a consort? Eve was, therefore, given to crown his bliss; taken from his side, as afterward the Church from the opened side of Christ. See John 19:34, and Ephesians 5:25. Still God brings Eve to Adam; and such a marriage is truly blessed.
The order of temptation is always the same. The Tempter without, and within the strong desire for sensual gratification, with the secret hope that somehow the consequences may be avoided. The eye inflames passion; passion masters the resistance of the will; the body obeys its impulse; the act of gratification is followed immediately by remorse and guilt. Then we need the second Adam! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 3

1  The serpent deceives Eve
6  Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin
8  God arraigns them
14  The serpent is cursed
15  The promised seed
16  The punishment of mankind
21  Their first clothing
22  Their expulsion from paradise

What do the individual words in Genesis 3:7 mean?

And were opened the eyes of the two of them and they knew that [were] naked they and they sewed together leaves fig and made themselves coverings
וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם חֲגֹרֹֽת

וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙  And  were  opened 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: פָּקַח  
Sense: to open (the eyes).
עֵינֵ֣י  the  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם  of  the  two  of  them 
Parse: Number, mdc, third person masculine plural
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ  and  they  knew 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֥י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם  [were]  naked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עֵירֹם  
Sense: naked.
וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙  and  they  sewed  together 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּפַר  
Sense: to sew together.
עֲלֵ֣ה  leaves 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עָלֶה  
Sense: leaf, leafage.
תְאֵנָ֔ה  fig 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּאֵנָה  
Sense: fig, fig tree.
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ  and  made 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לָהֶ֖ם  themselves 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
חֲגֹרֹֽת  coverings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: חֲגֹור 
Sense: girdle, belt.