Genesis 9:21
and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
In Context
20And Noah began to be a husbandman,—so he planted a vineyard:
22And Ham the father of Canaan saw his father’s shame,—and told his two brethren outside.
Cross References
Genesis 19:32Come on! let us cause our father to drink wine and let us lie with him, that we may keep alive from our father, a seed.
Proverbs 23:31Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
Habakkuk 2:15Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk,—to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame.
Romans 13:13As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy;—
Galatians 5:21envyings, drunkenness, revellings;—and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you,—that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich,—and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest,—and eye-salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest 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 →