Genesis 9:20
And Noah remains a man of the ground, and plants a vineyard,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these has all the earth been overspread.
21and drinks of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovers himself in the midst of the tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18and it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field;
Genesis 4:2and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.
Deuteronomy 20:6And who [is] the man that has planted a vineyard and has not made it common? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
Proverbs 10:11A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 24:30I passed by near the field of a slothful man, || And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
Song of Solomon 1:6Do not fear me, because I [am] very dark, || Because the sun has scorched me, || The sons of my mother were angry with me, || They made me keeper of the vineyards, || My vineyard—my own—I have 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 →