The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
The sexual implication of this verse is obvious. A spouse should be the one person in the world who sees you naked, and that's a beautiful, intimate thing.
But there's another implication in this verse as well. Adam and Eve had nothing to hide - not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. Think about it - how amazing would a marriage be if we didn't have to deal with jealousy, anger, selfishness, bitterness, and all the other sins and frustrations that come into every day life; if we could be absolutely real with our spouse, not worrying about what he'd think if he knew what we were really thinking? One of the worst things about trying to hide the real me is that it ends up coming out anyways - in really unattractive ways. How sad that the person I love the most has to see the ugliest side of me.
Marriage should be a place where we can be real with one another, but also a place where that realness can be countered with grace and with accountability to help us become more Christlike. That's what being an ezer is.
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