Genesis 9:21
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
In Context
20Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
22Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
Cross References
Genesis 19:32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will sleep with him, so that we may extend our father's line.”
Proverbs 23:31Do not look at the wine when it is red, 1 when it sparkles in the cup 1 and goes down smoothly. 1
Habakkuk 2:15'Woe to the one who forces his neighbors to drink— 1 you express your anger + 2:15 There is some question about whether the Hebrew should be translated as anger or as wineskin . over and you make them drunk 1 in order to look at their nakedness.' 2
Romans 13:13Let us walk appropriately, as in the day, not in drunken celebrations or drunkenness; and let us not walk in sexual immorality or in uncontrolled lust, and not in strife or jealousy.
Galatians 5:21envy, drunkenness, drunken celebrations, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation 3:18Listen to my advice: Buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and brilliant white garments so you may clothe yourself and not show the shame of your nakedness, and salve to anoint your eyes so you will 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 →