Genesis 9:20
And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 4:2And she further bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a husbandman.
Deuteronomy 20:6And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not eaten of it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I am black; Because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me: They made me keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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 →