Arcana Coelestia#295
295. The reason they are said to have been 'clothed with a coat of skin' is that [initially] the most ancient people, on account of their innocence, were called 'naked', but that later on, once their innocence had perished, they realized they were dwelling in evil, which is called 'nakedness' as well. So that everything may appear to fit together as history according to the way the most ancient people expressed themselves, they are here said to have been 'clothed' to avoid their being naked, that is, dwelling in evil. That they possessed spiritual and natural good is clear from what has been said and shown about them in verses 1-13 of this chapter, and at this point from the statement that Jehovah God made [coats of skin] and clothed them. For the subject here is the first generation, but more especially the second and third generations, of the descendants of the Church, who were endowed with such good.
Genesis第3章:1-13
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Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
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The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
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but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
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The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
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for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
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When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
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The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
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Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
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The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
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God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
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The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
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Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
