Genesis 9:20
And Noach began to be an ish ha'adamah (a man of the soil), and he planted a kerem (vineyard);
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19Shloshah (Three) are the bnei Noach; and of them was the kol ha'aretz populated.
21And he drank of the yayin, and became shikker (intoxicated); and he lay uncovered inside his ohel.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18Kotz also and dardar shall it bring forth to thee; 1 and thou shalt eat the esev of the sadeh; 1
Genesis 4:2And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro'eh tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil).
Deuteronomy 20:6And what ish is he that hath planted a kerem (vineyard), and hath not yet eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his bais, lest he die in the milchamah, and another ish eat of it.
Proverbs 10:11The peh (mouth) of a tzaddik is a Makor Chayyim, 1 but chamas covereth the peh (mouth) of the resha'im. 1
Proverbs 24:30I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), 1 and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev ), + 24:30 of understanding 1
Song of Solomon 1:6Let your eyes burn not into me because I am black, 1 because the shemesh hath burned its eyes into me; 1 bnei immi (my step-brothers) were angry with me; 1 they made me the keeper of the kramim (vineyards); 1 but mine own kerem (vineyard) have I not kept. 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 →