Genesis 3:7 - Plain English Version

⁷ Straight away, the man and the woman knew more things. They knew that they were naked, and they felt shame. They wanted to make clothes to cover up their naked bodies, so they picked some big leaves from a tree and sewed the leaves together to make some clothes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then they both saw clearly and knew that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made garments for themselves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And the eyes of them both were opened. And when they realized themselves to be naked, they joined together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3:7 Cross References

Genesis 2:25

The man and his wife didn’t have any clothes on. They were both naked, but they didn’t feel any shame.

Genesis 3:5

God knows what will happen if you eat fruit from that tree. He knows that if you eat fruit from that tree, you will know more things, like God himself. You will know if the things you do are good, or if they are bad.”

Luke 16:23

He went to a place where dead people go. A big fire there was hurting him a lot. Then he looked up, and he saw Abraham, a long way off, and he saw Lazarus there with Abraham.

1 Corinthians 12:23

There are some parts of our bodies that we think are not very nice, and we don’t want anyone to see them, so we carefully look after those parts and cover them up.