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Genesis 9:21

He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.

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In The King James Version

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

In Context

20Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:32Come on, let's get our father drunk with wine and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”

Proverbs 23:31Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.

Habakkuk 2:15What disaster is coming to you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup of anger on them and make them drink so you may see them naked.

Romans 13:13Let's behave properly, showing that we're people who are living in the light. We shouldn't spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous.

Galatians 5:21envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.

Revelation 3:18I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so you may be rich; and have white clothes so you can be properly dressed and you won't reveal your nakedness and shame; and ointment to put on your eyes so you can 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 →

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