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The Septuagint 3.10 · 3.10

I was afraid, because I was naked

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καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τὴν φωνήν σου ἤκουσα περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, καὶ ἐφοβήθην, ὅτι γυμνός εἰμι, καὶ ἐκρύβην.

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Adam's answer names the new emotion directly — φόβος, fear — and its cause not in disobedience but in nakedness, still confusing symptom for disease. Shame precedes and masks the deeper reality of guilt throughout the chapter's interrogation.

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