Genesis 9:20
And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
21And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Thorns and thistles shall it produce for you, and you shall eat the plants of the earth.
Genesis 4:2And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.
Deuteronomy 20:6What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
Proverbs 24:30I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man,
Song of Solomon 1:6Bride to Groom: Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:19-24
Sin of Ham. ( b. c. 2347.) 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment,… Read the whole commentary →