Genesis 9:20

Noah's Descendants

¹⁹ These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated. ²⁰ Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. ²¹ He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

In Those Days

Of The Earth

Noah

Genesis 3:18-19

It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:2

Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

Genesis 5:29

And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”

Deuteronomy 20:6

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

Deuteronomy 28:30

You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 12:11

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

Proverbs 24:30

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

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Song of Songs 1:6

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

Isaiah 28:24-26

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?