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International Version</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Noah began <i>to be</i> an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Noah began <i>to be</i> a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Noah began <i>to be</i> a man of the land and planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And Noah began to farm <i>and</i> cultivate the ground and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Noah began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyard:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Noah remains a man of the ground, and plants a vineyard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Noah will begin a man of the earth, and he will plant a vineyard.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Noah began to till the ground; and he planted a vineyard;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Noah began working in the earth and he planted a vineyard:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/9-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=2016" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">Noah's Shame and Canaan's Curse</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Now Noah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of the soil,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: way·yā·ḥel (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">proceeded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5193.htm" title="5193: way·yiṭ·ṭa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To plant. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. Fix; specifically, to plant.">to plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kā·rem (N-ms) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">a vineyard.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a></span><br />And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. / By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a></span><br />Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a></span><br />Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15</a></span><br />Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a></span><br />nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Deuteronomy 28:39</a></span><br />You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a></span><br />Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? / Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. / Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Leviticus 10:9</a></span><br />“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-3.htm">Numbers 6:3</a></span><br />he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Galatians 5:21</a></span><br />and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27</a></span><br />And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Noah began to be an farmer, and he planted a vineyard:</p><p class="hdg">an husbandman.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18,19,23</a></b></br> Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Genesis 4:2</a></b></br> And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29</a></b></br> And he called his name Noah, saying, This <i>same</i> shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.</p><p class="hdg">planted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/20-6.htm">Deuteronomy 20:6</a></b></br> And what man <i>is he</i> that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not <i>yet</i> eaten of it? let him <i>also</i> go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30</a></b></br> Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/24-30.htm">Proverbs 24:30</a></b></br> I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-9.htm">Farming</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Husbandman</a> <a href="/genesis/9-19.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Planteth</a> <a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Tiller</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm">Vineyard</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/28-24.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">Farming</a> <a href="/genesis/10-8.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Husbandman</a> <a href="/genesis/9-24.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Planteth</a> <a href="/genesis/12-8.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/genesis/47-20.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Tiller</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/exodus/22-5.htm">Vineyard</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Blood and murder are forbidden.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-18.htm">Noah's family replenishes the world.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">Noah plants a vineyard,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Is drunken, and mocked by his son;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Curses Canaan;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-26.htm">Blesses Shem;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-27.htm">Prays for Japheth, and dies.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/genesis/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Now Noah</b><br />The name "Noah" is derived from the Hebrew root "נח" (nach), meaning "rest" or "comfort." Noah is a pivotal figure in the Genesis narrative, representing a new beginning for humanity after the flood. His name signifies the rest and comfort he brought to the earth by obeying God's command to build the ark, thus preserving life. In this verse, Noah's actions post-flood mark the transition from survival to cultivation and stewardship of the earth.<p><b>a man of the soil</b><br />This phrase highlights Noah's role as a farmer, which is significant in the post-diluvian world. The Hebrew word for "soil" is "אֲדָמָה" (adamah), which is closely related to "אָדָם" (adam), meaning "man." This connection underscores humanity's intrinsic link to the earth, as Adam was formed from the dust of the ground. Noah's identity as a "man of the soil" emphasizes the return to agrarian life and the divine mandate to "fill the earth and subdue it" (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>).<p><b>proceeded to plant</b><br />The act of planting signifies a new beginning and hope for the future. In the Hebrew context, planting is often associated with establishing roots and ensuring sustenance. This action by Noah is a step towards rebuilding and nurturing the earth, reflecting God's promise of continuity and stability after the flood. It also symbolizes faith in God's covenant that the earth will never again be destroyed by floodwaters.<p><b>a vineyard</b><br />The vineyard is a symbol of abundance, blessing, and prosperity in biblical literature. Vineyards require careful cultivation and patience, as they take years to mature and bear fruit. Noah's decision to plant a vineyard indicates a long-term commitment to the land and a trust in God's provision. In the broader scriptural context, vineyards are often associated with joy and celebration, as wine is a product of the vineyard and is used in various religious and social ceremonies. This act of planting a vineyard can be seen as an expression of gratitude and hope for a fruitful future under God's covenant.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20, 21) <span class= "bld">Noah began to be an husbandman.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">Noah, being a husbandman </span>(Heb., <span class= "ital">a man of the adamah</span>)<span class= "ital">, began to plant a vineyard. </span>Noah had always been a husbandman: it was the cultivation of the vine, still abundant in Armenia, that was new. Scarcely aware, perhaps, of the intoxicating qualities of the juice which he had allowed to ferment, he drank to excess, and became the first example of the shameful effects of intemperance.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Noah began to be an husbandman</span>. Literally, <span class="accented">a man of the ground</span>. <span class="accented">Vir terror</span> (Vulgate); <span class="greek">ἄνθρωπος γεωργὸς γῆς</span> (LXX.); Chald., <span class="hebrew">נְּבַר פָלַח בְּאַרְעָא</span> = <span class="accented">vir co-lens terram</span>; <span class="accented">agriculturae dediturus</span>. Cf. <a href="/joshua/5-4.htm">Joshua 5:4</a>, "a man of war;" <a href="/2_samuel/16-7.htm">2 Samuel 16:7</a>, "a man of blood;" <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Genesis 46:32</a>, "a man of cattle;" <a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10</a>, "<span class="accented">a</span> man of words." <span class="cmt_word">And he planted a vineyard.</span> So Murphy, Wordsworth, Kalisch. Keil, Delitzsch, and Lange regard <span class="accented">ish ha</span> <span class="accented">Adamah</span>, with the art., as in apposition to Noah, and read, "And Noah, the husbandman, began and planted a vineyard," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> <span class="accented">caepit plantare</span> (cf. Gesenius, 'Gram.,' 142, 3; Glass, Sacrae Philologiae, lib. 3. tr. 3. can. 34). Neither interpretation presupposes that husbandry and vine cultivation were now practiced for the first time. That Armenia is a wine-growing country is testified by Xenophon ('Anab.,' 4:4, 9). That the vine was abundantly cultivated in Egypt is evident from representations on the monuments, as well as from Scriptural allusions. The Egyptians say that Osiris, the Greeks that Dionysus, the Romans that Saturn, first taught men the cultivation of the tree and the use of its fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/9-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now Noah,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the soil,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">proceeded</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֥חֶל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḥel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to plant</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּטַּ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṭ·ṭa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5193.htm">Strong's 5193: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike in, fix, to plant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a vineyard.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּֽרֶם׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/9-20.htm">Genesis 9:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">OT Law: Genesis 9:20 Noah began to be a farmer (Gen. 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