Genesis 9:21
And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
In Context
20And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
Cross References
Genesis 19:32Come, let us inebriate him with wine, and let us sleep with him, so that we may be able to preserve offspring from our father.”
Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
Habakkuk 2:15Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.
Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.
Galatians 5:21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
Revelation 3:18I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see.
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 →