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Ramban on Genesis 3:7/רמב"ן על בראשית ג׳:ז׳
אוַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינַי שְׁנֵיהֶם לְעִנְיַן הַחָכְמָה דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב וְלֹא לְעִנְיַן רְאִיָּה מַמָּשׁ, וְסוֹפוֹ מוֹכִיחַ "וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵירֻמִּם הֵם", כִּלְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על בראשית ג':ז'). וְכֵן "גַּל עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶךָ" (תהלים קיט יח):
1AND THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED. Scripture speaks here with reference to intelligence, and not with reference to actual seeing. The end of the verse proves this: and they knew they were naked. [Even a blind person knows when he is naked! It must therefore refer to intelligence], as [explained in] the words of Rashi. In a similar sense is the verse, Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.375