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When I saw you again, you were old enough to have sex. So I covered your naked body with my own robe.[a] Then I solemnly promised that you would belong to me and that I, the Lord God, would take care of you.

I washed the blood off you and rubbed your skin with olive oil. 10 I gave you the finest clothes and the most expensive robes,[b] as well as sandals made from the best leather.

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Footnotes

  1. 16.8 I covered your naked body with my own robe: To show that he would protect and take care of her.
  2. 16.10 most expensive robes: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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