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Genesis 9:20

Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to be an husbandman , and he planted a vineyard:

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And Noah began to be an husbandman,.... Or "a man of the earth" (c), not lord of it, as Jarchi, though he was, but a…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 9:18-29

- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an, “Kena‘an, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats, “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Noah began to be a husbandman - איש האדמה ish haadamah, A man of the ground, a farmer; by his beginning to be a…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 9:18-23

Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Gen 9:18, Gen 9:19) as those from…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

And Noah began to be an husbandman This expression is an extremely awkward rendering of the strange Hebrew, which is…