Genesis 9:20 “Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.”

Genesis 9:20

Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

World English Bible

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

American Standard Version

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

Geneva Bible 1599

Noah also began to be an husband man and planted a vineyard.

Darby Translation

And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation

And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

Bible in Basic English

In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

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Cross references

“an husbandman”

Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:2 Genesis 5:29 Proverbs 10:11 Proverbs 12:11 Ecclesiastes 5:9

Genesis 3:23 · BSB

Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 4:2 · BSB

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Genesis 5:29 · BSB

And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

Proverbs 10:11 · BSB

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 12:11 · BSB

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Ecclesiastes 5:9 · BSB

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

“planted”

Deuteronomy 20:6 Deuteronomy 28:30 Proverbs 24:30 Song of Solomon 1:6 1 Corinthians 9:7

Deuteronomy 20:6 · BSB

Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:30 · BSB

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Proverbs 24:30 · BSB

I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

Song of Solomon 1:6 · BSB

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

1 Corinthians 9:7 · BSB

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

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