Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
Darby Translation
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 began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
22And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
Cross References
Genesis 19:32come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
Proverbs 23:31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Habakkuk 2:15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Romans 13:13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest 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 →