Genesis 9:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 9:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען k e na‛an , “Kena‘an, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats , “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts , “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem , “orch...
Genesis 9:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he drank of the wine, and was (o) drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. (o) This is set before us to show what a horrible thing drunkenness is.
Genesis 9:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Drunkenness of Noah; his Curse and his Blessings. In this section Genesis 9:28 f. belongs to P. If Genesis 5:32 ; Genesis 7:6 ; Genesis 9:28 f. are read together, we have an account of No...
Genesis 9:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wine: first occurance. Hebrew. yayin. See App-27. [ Conversion Note:Some versions of the Companion Bible text on the Internet have the following comment for this verse but the original book (tha...
Genesis 9:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. He drank of the wine, etc. - It is very probable that this was the first time the wine was cultivated; and it is as pr...
Genesis 9:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He drank of the wine, and was drunken— Became inebriated, not knowing, perhaps, the nature and strength of the liquor; or being, through age, incapable of bearing it; and Moses is so faithful an hi...
Genesis 9:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. This unhappy incident has been viewed in two ways: (1) As the resu...
Genesis 9:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Divine Blessing and Covenant. Noah and the Vine. The Curse of Canaan 1-7. The primeval benediction of man ( Genesis 1:28 ) is now repeated and enlarged. Animal food is allowed (cp. Genesis 1:...
Genesis 9:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Noah began to be an husbandman. — Rather, Noah, being a husbandman (Heb., a man of the adâmâh ) , began to plant a vineyard. Noah had always been a husbandman: it was the cultivation of the vin...
Genesis 9:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
Genesis 9:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Noah's Three Sons Genesis 9:18-29 Noah's sin reminds us how weak are the best of men; liable to fall, even after the most marvelous deliverances. The love of strong drink will drag a preacher o...
Genesis 9:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The new order in human affairs was initiated by the bestowment of a blessing on Noah and his sons. The first note of change is seen in the word which declared man's relation to the lower orders. In E...
Genesis 9:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Reader! it is not among the smallest of our mercies, that God the Holy Ghost hath caused the infirmities of his saint...
Genesis 9:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken ,.... Either not being acquainted with the strength of it, as is thought by many; or having been used to weaker liquor, as water; or through the infirmity o...
Genesis 9:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Ver. 21. And was drunk. ] For his own shame, but our learning. Instruunt nos patres tum docentes tum labentes . a...
Genesis 9:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he drank of the wine, and was drunk It is highly probable he did not know the effect of it before. And he was uncovered in his tent Made naked to his shame.
Genesis 9:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A NEW BEGINNING FOR MAN The earth itself having been purged by water, furnishing a totally new condition of circumstances for mankind and animals, now God establishes man in a new dispensation of...
Genesis 9:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sin of Ham. B. C. 2347. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,...
Genesis 9:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either through ignorance and inexperience of the nature and strength of that liquor, or through the infirmity of the flesh, which was tempted by its great and, to him, new pleasantness, and by the re...
Genesis 9:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and was uncovered within his tent.' In a drunken state Noah lies naked in his tent, unaware of the impropriety of his situation. In his right mind he woul...
Genesis 9:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:20 . And Noah began to be a husbandman] Heb. The man of the ground. Like the Gr. γεωργος, and the Lat. Agricola. As the Heb. has the article, the meaning is conveye...
Genesis 9:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:4 . But the blood ye shall not eat. This prohibition of blood is repeated. Leviticus 17 ; Deuteronomy 12 . And being connected with murder in the following verse, we are taught to abst...
Genesis 9:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Noah began to be an husbandman and he planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine and was drunken The lessons of Noah’s fall I. THE MORAL DANGERS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS. 1. Increased temptation...
Genesis 9:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth , who are here again mentioned as the heads of the nations into which the family o...
Genesis 9:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Noah's Sin
Genesis 9:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and was. Genesis 6:9 Genesis 19:32-36 Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 23:31 Proverbs 23:32 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Luke 22:3 Luke 22:4 Romans 13:13 1 Corinthians 10:12 Galatians 5:21 Titus 2:...
Genesis 9:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he drank of the wine and was drunk — 'Tis highly probable, he did not know the effect of it before. And he was uncovered in his tent — Made naked to his shame.

Genesis 9:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 9:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes