Genesis 9:21
“And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.”
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Genesis 9:21 Context
19These are the three sonnes of Noah: and of them was the whole earth ouerspread. 20And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. 21And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent. 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.
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Other Translations for Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- King James Version
He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.
- Basic English Bible
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
- Darby Bible
And he drank the wine, and was drunken, and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Webster's Bible
He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- World English Bible
and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 9:21
9:21 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.