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 saints to be left on record; by which we are taught, that the best of men are but men, and of like passions with ourselves. There is none but Jesus, to whom that sweet scripture is applicable, Hebrews 7:26. For the real character of Noah, and, indeed, of all the faithful like him, compare this 21st verse with Genesis 6:9, then turn to 2 Chronicles 32:31, both which together will serve to explain what, in scripture language, is meant by a just man.