"And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:" — Genesis 9:20

Genesis 9:20 · KJV

“And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:”

— Genesis 9:20

These {are} the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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

Genesis 9 — Context

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham {is} the father of Canaan. {Canaan: Heb. Chenaan}

These {are} the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

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

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Cross References

Genesis 4:2

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. {Abel: Heb. Hebel} {a keeper: Heb. a feeder}

Deuteronomy 20:6

And what man {is he} that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not {yet} eaten of it? let him {also} go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. {eaten...: Heb. made it common}

Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. {gather...: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat}

Genesis 3:18-19

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; {bring...: Heb. cause to bud}

Proverbs 12:11

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.

Isaiah 28:24-26

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king {himself} is served by the field.