Genesis 9:21
When he drank the wine he became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
In Context
20Now Noah, the farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.
22Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers about it.
Cross References
Genesis 19:32Come let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him, so that we can preserve our family through our father.”
Habakkuk 2:15Woe to him who in fury gives drink to his neighbor to make him drunk, and see him naked.
Romans 13:13Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Galatians 5:21feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.
Revelation 3:18Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been refined by fire so that you may grow rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness be hidden; and ointment to anoint your eyes, so that you may 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 →