The Bible

 

Genesis 3:5

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5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Commentary

 

Fig leaves

  

Fig leaves, with which Adam and Eve covered themselves, signify moral truths, under which they concealed the things pertaining to their love and pride.

(References: Divine Providence 313)