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7And 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.

3Your disgrace will be revealed, and your shame will be seen. I will seize vengeance, and no man will withstand me.

15“Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace.”

10And he said, “I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.” 11He said to him, “Then who told you that you were naked, if you have not eaten of the tree from which I instructed you that you should not eat?”

6No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord. 7You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 8You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father. 9You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, whether from father or from mother, whether she was born at home or abroad. 10You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or your daughter’s daughter; for it is your own nakedness. 11You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to your father, and who is your sister.

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20And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard. 21And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent. 22Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside. 23And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.

7Therefore, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” Simon Peter, when he had heard that it was the Lord, wrapped his tunic around himself, (for he was naked) and he cast himself into the sea.

18I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see.

2in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot. 3And the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot, as a sign and as a portent of three years over Egypt and over Ethiopia, 4so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,