Genesis 9:20

New International Reader's Version

Noah was a man who farmed the land. He decided to plant a field that produced grapes for making wine.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God drove the man out of the Garden of Eden. He sent the man to farm the ground he had been made from.

Genesis 4:2

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land.

Genesis 5:29

and named him Noah. Lamech said, “He will comfort us when we are working. He’ll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard because the Lord put a curse on the ground.”

Genesis 9:19

The people who were scattered over the earth came from Noah’s three sons.

Genesis 9:21

When he drank some of the wine, it made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouths of those who do right pour out life like a fountain. But the mouths of sinners hide their evil plans.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who farm their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams have no sense.

Proverbs 24:30

I went past the field of someone who didn’t want to work. I went past the vineyard of someone who didn’t have any sense.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.

Song of Solomon 1:6

Don’t stare at me because I’m dark. The sun has made my skin look like this. My brothers were angry with me. They made me take care of the vineyards. I haven’t even taken care of my own vineyard.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who serves as a soldier but doesn’t get paid? Who plants a vineyard but doesn’t eat any of its grapes? Who takes care of a flock but doesn’t drink any of the milk?

Deuteronomy 20:6

Has anyone planted a vineyard and not started to enjoy it? Let him go home. If he doesn’t, he might die in battle. Then someone else will enjoy his vineyard.

Deuteronomy 28:30

You and a woman will promise to marry each other. But another man will take her and rape her. You will build a house. But you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard. But you won’t eat a single grape from it.