Genesis 9:20
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
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In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
21He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants.
Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a crop farmer.
Deuteronomy 20:6Is there any man here who has planted a vineyard and hasn't yet enjoyed its fruit? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will enjoy its fruit.
Proverbs 10:11What good people say is a spring that gives life, but what the wicked say hides their violent nature.
Proverbs 24:30I walked past the field of a lazy man, past a vineyard of someone with no sense.
Song of Solomon 1:6Don't look down on me because I'm black, because the sun has burned me. My brothers were angry with me and made me look after the vineyards, so I couldn't look after my own vineyard.
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 →