The Mystery of Adam and Eve’s Clothing

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. – Genesis 3:7

I’m kind of puzzled by this. I get it, they’re eyes were opened when they ate the forbidden fruit, but with all the different ways to make clothing, at a time when they would have had to fashion their own needles, wouldn’t something like weaving or knotting have been easier than actually sewing? And never mind the needle, what on earth did they use for thread?

Was there cotton growing wild in the garden that they were able to harvest and then could spin into a thread? Or did they realise that silk moths would spin cocoons that they could also harvest and turn into thread? One could imagine that either process was slow.

I mean, work with me here. If you were the first man on earth, and you thought, oh I need to protect my modesty, would you think of fashioning a needle out of, say… a piece of wood whilst the first woman goes and find a thread from somewhere? Or could you think of another way to work on your first fashion project? Would love to see your comments about this.

I don’t think God walking through the garden would have happened soon after them eating the fruit, but then time was irrelevant back then.

Kind of hard to imagine a calendar unless how they counted it was like: 5782 days since Creation. Keeping in mind, the bible isn’t specific in regard to distances in times, so it really could have been weeks passed, if not years.

The bible seems to always talk in specific highlights, but I guess that’s a good thing. If it went into more detail, could you imagine the size of the bible? It’d be like listening to your grandparent talking about making a cake for your visit.

“Hello dear, how are you? I have some wonderful news for you! I bought some flour today and collected an egg each from Bessie and Enid, although they weren’t happy with me and made such a cackle! Then I melted some chocolate and….” You get the gist. It’s easier, and quicker, for your grandparent to just say: “I made you a chocolate cake”

But it still would have been nicer if it went into a bit more detail in some areas, as in how they made the needle or source the thread. Generations following would have loved to have known this. Going by millenia of hand made clothing, clearly the knowledge has been passed down by word of mouth, but for those of us who have no memory of their ancestry and only rely on the bible for God’s word, it really would have been nice to know how this was accomplished.

But then perhaps it was. Could this little bit of info have been a portion that the King James version cropped out, labelling it as irrelevant? But I digress…

It would have been a lot faster, to source other plants in the garden. For example, Fijians use a combination of pandanus and coconut leaves to weave intricate skirts and head pieces. As part of their clothing, Indians used feathers. And birds don’t need to be harmed for this. I often go through parks and will pick up random feathers that I collect to make homemade bookmarks.

Knots are used when making fishing nets and in a rather intricate way, crocheting and knitting are a form of knots themselves, but on a much larger scale. If they wanted to make clothing quickly, wouldn’t have been easier to, instead of create a needle with an eye, to instead create two needles? With the knowledge they suddenly had, surely they would have known how to instinctively knit or crochet a garment out of say vines rather than sewing fig leaves together?

So many questions! But as I’ve mentioned in posts past. This is my curious mind overthinking everything.

I understand the bigger picture though. They should not have disobeyed God by eating the fruit, but I guess even perfect people can be tempted at times. Or does this make them flawed? It is believed that Adam was designed to be perfect. But was he.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Please tell me I’m not the only one obsessing over how on earth Adam and Eve accomplished the world’s first sewing project!

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