New King James Version
Genesis 9:20
20And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Genesis 9:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
- New International Version (NIV)Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
- New Living Translation (NLT)After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.
Context of Genesis 9:20
18Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 9:20
- Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
- Genesis 4:2Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.
- Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
- Deuteronomy 20:6Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30“You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes.
- Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
Commentaries on Genesis 9:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Noah began to be a husbandman - האדמה איש ish haadamah, A man of the ground, a farmer; by his beginning to be a husbandman we are to understand his recommencing his agricultural operations, which undoubtedly he had carried on for six hundred years before, but this had been interrupted by the flood. And the transaction here mentioned might have occurred many years posterior to the deluge, even after Canaan was born and grown up, for the date of it is not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 - XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an “Kenaan, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem “orchard, vineyard.” 21. יין yayı̂n “wine; related: ferment.” After the blessing on the new heads of the human race has been pronounced, and the covenant with them renewed, we are prepared for a new development of human action. This appears, however, in the form of an event which is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby. Ham appears to have been a bad man, and probably rejoiced to find his father in an unbecoming situation. It was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27The story of Noah begins with him walking in righteousness and obeying the Lord (6:9). It ends with him drunk and naked in his tent, cursing Canaan. Even after the great flood, people still showed sinful behaviors that led to the flood. The text emphasizes the cursed origin of the Canaanites, a corrupt and idol-worshiping group. Israel would later remove them from the promised land (see also 15:16 and study note; Leviticus 18:3; 20:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. And Noah ... planted a vineyard--Noah had been probably bred to the culture of the soil, and resumed that employment on leaving the ark.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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