4860. And wrapped herself. That this signifies thus not acknowledged, is evident from the signification of “wrapping,” as being to conceal, thus not to be acknowledged-see what was said just above (n. 4859).

223. As the “face of the Lord” is mercy, peace, and every good, it is evident that He regards all from mercy, and never averts His countenance from any; but that it is man, when in evil, who turns away his face, as is said by the Lord in Isaiah:

Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you (Isaiah 59:2); and here, “they hid themselves from the face of Jehovah, because they were naked.”