KJV King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
WEB World English Bible
He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
ASV American Standard Version
and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
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Habakkuk 2:15-16Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.Proverbs 23:31-32Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.Genesis 6:9These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.Ecclesiastes 7:20For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.Genesis 19:32-36Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.Luke 22:3-4Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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