The eyes were opened
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καὶ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆς καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς περιζώματα.
The serpent's promise (v.5, "your eyes will be opened") comes true — but not as advertised. διηνοίχθησαν is the same verb, now actually fulfilled: their eyes are opened not onto divine knowledge but onto their own nakedness. γυμνοὶ ἦσαν, "they were naked," was already true (2:25, "they were both naked and were not ashamed") — nothing physical has changed. What changed is shame: self-consciousness, concealment, the fig-leaf apron (περίζωμα) as the first human technology, invented for covering rather than making.
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