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Noah and His Sons

18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. aAnd Ham was the father of Canaan.  
19 aThese three were the sons of Noah, band from these the whole earth was populated.  
20 And Noah began to be aa farmer, and he planted a vineyard.  
21 Then he drank of the wine aand was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.  
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23 aBut Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were1 turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.  
24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
25 Then he said:
a“Cursed be Canaan;
A bservant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”  
26 And he said:
a“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant. 
27 May God aenlarge Japheth,
bAnd may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”  
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Genesis 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, Genesis 27:3-4. That I may eat, and that my soul may bless thee.


 
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