Genesis 9:20
Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 4:2Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Deuteronomy 20:6What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
Song of Solomon 1:6Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
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 →