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Genesis 9:21

Listen to Genesis 9:21
21 En hij dronk van dien wijn, en werd dronken; en hij ontblootte zich in het midden zijner tent.

Genesis 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:21

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken
Either not being acquainted with the strength of it, as is thought by many; or having been used to weaker liquor, as water; or through the infirmity of his age; however, he was overtaken with it, and which is recorded, not to disgrace him, but to caution men against the evil of intemperance, as well as to encourage repenting sinners to expect pardon: and this shows that the best of men are not exempted from sin, nor secure from falling; and that though Noah was a perfect man, yet not as to be without sin; and that whereas he was a righteous man, he was not so by the righteousness of works, but by the righteousness of faith:

and he was uncovered within his tent;
being in liquor when he laid down, he was either negligent of his long and loose garments, such as the eastern people wore without breeches, and did not take care to wrap them about him; or in his sleep, through the heat of the weather, or of the wine, or both, threw them off.

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Genesis 9:21 In-Context

19 Deze drie waren de zonen van Noach; en van dezen is de ganse aarde overspreid.
20 En Noach begon een akkerman te zijn, en hij plantte een wijngaard.
21 En hij dronk van dien wijn, en werd dronken; en hij ontblootte zich in het midden zijner tent.
22 En Cham, Kanaans vader, zag zijns vaders naaktheid, en hij gaf het zijn beiden broederen daar buiten te kennen.
23 Toen namen Sem en Jafeth een kleed, en zij legden het op hun beider schouderen, en gingen achterwaarts, en bedekten de naaktheid huns vaders; en hun aangezichten waren achterwaarts, gekeerd zodat zij de naaktheid huns vaders niet zagen.

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