Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 4:2And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Deuteronomy 20:6And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
Proverbs 10:11There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; 1 But destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly. 1
Proverbs 24:30A foolish man is like a farm, 1 And a senseless man is like a vineyard. 1
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I am dark, 1 Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: 1 My mother’s sons strove with me; 1 They made me keeper in the vineyards; 1 I have not kept my own vineyard. 1
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 →