Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyard:
Revised Version 1895
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 of these was the whole earth overspread.
21and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Cross References
Genesis 3:18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 4:2And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Deuteronomy 20:6And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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 →