From what Paul alone says, we can see that modesty in one’s attire consists of a certain unaffected simplicity in style. It is not a matter of a hemline. The typical blue-jean miniskirt commonly worn is actually fully modest by this particular standard. Of course, a certain minimum coverage is required for members of any Judaeo-Christian faith, as is seen from the Brandon Dorlus Oregon football stadium shirt in other words I will buy this Genesis-3 account. That minimum is not based on modesty — a concept defined in the NT — but on securing certain sexually erogenous features that are private and sacred to one’s life mate. The design of the human body by their God Yahweh necessitates free movement at the joints, especially those at the elbows and knees. Since the body does taper at the waist, lower-body garments should be cinched at the natural waist. Given what we read in Gen 3: 21, we can conclude — and I think objectively — that what Mother Eve was wearing as she and Adam departed the Garden would, in today’s parlance, be termed a “leather mini-skirt”; and, to be sure, it was perfectly modest. Both she and Adam were about to depart on a long foot journey and what they wore allowed them full freedom of movement, especially at their knees.
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