Genesis 3:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם חֲגֹרֹֽת׃

Transliteration

And tippāqaḥnāh ʿênê šĕnêhem, and yēdĕʿû that ʿêrummim they; and yitpĕrû ʿălēh tĕʾēnāh, and yaʿăśû for them ḥăgōrōt.

Grammar Details

• *tippāqaḥnāh*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural + waw consecutive - and were opened
• *ʿênê*: noun, feminine, plural construct - eyes of
• *šĕnêhem*: numeral, masculine, dual + 3rd masculine plural suffix - both of them
• *yēdĕʿû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural + waw consecutive - and they knew
• *ʿêrummim*: adjective, masculine, plural - naked
• *yitpĕrû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural + waw consecutive - and they sewed together
• *ʿălēh*: noun, masculine, singular construct - leaf of
• *tĕʾēnāh*: noun, feminine, singular - fig tree
• *yaʿăśû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd plural + waw consecutive - and they made
• *ḥăgōrōt*: noun, feminine, plural - coverings/loincloths/girdles

Word Meanings

• *ʿêrummim*: naked/exposed/vulnerable
• *ḥăgōrōt*: coverings/loincloths/girdles/aprons

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves tother, and made themselves aprons.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the eyes{H5869} of them both{H8147} were opened,{H6491} and they{H1992} knew{H3045} that they were naked;{H5903} and they sewed{H8609} fig{H8384} -leaves{H5929} together,{H8609} and made themselves{H6213} aprons.{H2290}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the eyes{H5869} of them both{H8147} were opened{H6491}{(H8735)}, and they{H1992} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that they were naked{H5903}; and they sewed{H8609} fig{H8384} leaves{H5929} together{H8609}{(H8799)}, and made themselves{H6213}{(H8799)} aprons{H2290}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the eyes of both them were opened that they vnderstode how that they were naked. Than they sowed fygge leves togedder and made them apurns.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then were the eyes of them both opened, and they perceaued that they were naked, and sowed fygge leaues together, and made them apurns.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 2:25 : 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
• Gen 3:5 : 5 For God knows that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.
• Job 9:29-31 : 29 If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands thoroughly; 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
• Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Isa 28:20 : 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
• Deut 28:34 : 34 So that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
• 2 Kgs 6:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
• Gen 3:10-11 : 10 And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?