Tree of Life Version
Genesis 9:20
20Then Noah, a man of the soil, was first to plant 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 King James Version (NKJV)And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Context of Genesis 9:20
18Noah’s sons who came out from the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth, and Ham was the father of Canaan. 19These three were Noah’s sons, and from these the whole earth dispersed. Then Noah, a man of the soil, was first to plant a vineyard. 21He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and was uncovered in his tent. 22Then Ham, Canaan’s father, saw his father’s private parts 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 3:18Thorns and thistles will sprout for you. You will eat the plants of the field,
- Genesis 4:2Then she gave birth again, to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd of flocks while Cain became a worker of the ground.
- Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah saying, “This one will comfort us from our work and from the pain of our hands because of the ground which Adonai cursed.”
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9A lover of money never has enough money, and a lover of wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is futile.
- Isaiah 28:24Does a plowman plow all day to sow the seed? Does he continually break open and harrow his ground?
- Deuteronomy 20:6What man has planted a vineyard but has not put it to use? Let him go back to his house—otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30“You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house, but you will not dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not put it to use.
- Proverbs 24:30I passed by the field of the slacker, by the vineyard of one lacking judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink its milk?
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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