Genesis 9:20
And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19These three were the sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
21And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.
Genesis 4:2And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Deuteronomy 20:6And what man is there who hath planted a vineyard, and hath not redeemed it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man redeem it.
Proverbs 10:11A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 24:30By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not so at me, because I am somewhat black, because the sun hath looked fiercely at me: my mother's children were angry with me; they appointed me to be keeper of the vineyards; but my vineyard, which is my own, 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 →