“These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.”
King James Version (KJV)
9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman - Heb. a man of the earth, a man dealing in the earth, that kept ground in his hand and occupied it. Sometime after his departure out of the ark he returned to his old employment, from which he had been diverted by the building of the ark first, and probably after by the building an house for himself and family. And he planted a vineyard - And when he had gathered his vintage, probably he appointed a day of mirth and feasting in his family, and had his sons and their children with him, to rejoice with him in the increase of his house, as well as in the increase of his vineyard; and we may suppose he prefaced his feast with a sacrifice to the honour of God. If that was omitted, 'twas just with God to leave him to himself, to end with the beasts that did not begin with God: but we charitably hope he did. And perhaps he appointed this feast with design in the close of it to bless his sons, as Isaac, #Gen 27:3|,4. That I may eat, and that my soul may bless thee.
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.
These are the three sonnes of Noah: and of them was the whole earth ouerspread.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
These three {were} the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
- American Standard Version (1901)
These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
- Basic English Bible
These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.
- Darby Bible
These three were the sons of Noah: and from them was the whole earth overspread.
- Webster's Bible
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
- World English Bible
These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
- Youngs Literal Bible
These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible