Genesis 9:21
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 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.
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, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- KJV
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- WEB
- He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- ASV
- and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.
- DARBY
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
- BLB
- And he drank from the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.
- ÅB
- Og han drakk av vinen og ble drukken, og han kledde seg naken inne i sitt telt.
- OTB
- Han drakk noe av vinen, ble full og lå avkledd inne i teltet sitt.
- B1930
- Og han drakk av vinen og blev drukken, og han klædde sig naken inne i sitt telt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:15–16
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Read in contextProverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Read in contextProverbs 23:31–32
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in contextTitus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Read in contextRomans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Read in contextGenesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
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