Noah’s Shame and Canaan’s Curse
Genesis 9:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
- KJV
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- WEB
- He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- ASV
- and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- LSV
- and drinks of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovers himself in the midst of the tent.
- YLT
- and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
- DBY
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
- DRC
- And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.
- GNV
- And he drunke of ye wine and was drunken, and was vncouered in the middes of his tent.
- JPS
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- LXXE
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
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- Written (Ketiv): אָהֳלֹה׃ (“tent his”). Read aloud (Qere): אָהֳלֽוֹ׃ (“tent his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אָהֳלֹֽה׃; read aloud (Qere) reads אָהֳלֽוֹ׃ (“tent his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל בְּת֥וֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה׃We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔπιεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἐμεθύσθη, καὶ ἐγυμνώθη ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.
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- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Habakkuk 2:15–16Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your…
- Proverbs 23:31–32Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- Titus 2:2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- Galatians 5:21and 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.
- Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 19:32–36Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.” So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware…
- 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Luke 22:3–4Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
- Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
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