Genesis 9:21

and he drank wyn, and was drunkun; and he was nakid, and lay in his tabernacle.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

In Context

20And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner,

22And whanne Cham, the fadir of Chanaan, hadde seien this thing, that is, that the schameful membris of his fadir weren maad nakid, he telde to hise tweye britheren with out forth.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:32come thou, make we him drunkun of wyn, and slepe we with him, that we moun kepe seed of oure fadir.

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 →

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