B. McCausland wrote:
Adam and Eve were alone in the garden, so there was nobody to entice.
Let's not be wiser than God.
The difference between an apron and a tunic/robe reveals not only God's particular design/intent to *cover*, but establishes an antecedent/ pattern of prevention: the enticement of the flesh and its shame. This is why the apron design did not meet God's approval and was replaced.
Uncovering is associated with shame:
"Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen" Is 47:3
Noah lay outside his tent uncovered, when "Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ..."
Precautions are indicated in the law towards covering
"Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon" Ex 20:26
"And thou shalt make them linen breeches (underwear) to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach" Ex 28:42
Prostitution is marked by uncovering
"she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered (uncovered) her nakedness" Ez 23:18