Genesis 9:20
And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In Context
19These thre weren the sones of Noe, and al the kynde of men was sowun of hem on al erthe.
21and he drank wyn, and was drunkun; and he was nakid, and lay in his tabernacle.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18it schal brynge forth thornes and breris to thee, and thou schalt ete eerbis of the erthe;
Genesis 4:2And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.
Deuteronomy 20:6Who is a man that plauntide a vyner, and not yit made it to be comyn, and of which it is leeueful to alle men to ete? go he, and turne ayen in to his hows, lest perauenture he die in batel, and anothir man be set in his office.
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 →