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 The best have their blemishes, and a black part, as that cloud had, that conducted Israel out of Egypt; which, while the Egyptians followed, they fell into the sea. Heb 11:29
And was uncovered within his tent.] One hour's drunkenness bewrays that which more than six hundred years' sobriety had modestly concealed. Well might Solomon say, "Wine is a mocker"; Pro 20:1 for it mocked Noah with a witness; and exposed him to the mockage of his own bosom-bird.
a Augustin.