Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
Parallel translations
- WEB Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
- KJV And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
- NKJV And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
- NASB Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.
- NLT After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.
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Quick answer
Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard. He returns to the ordinary work of cultivating the ground.
Overview
After the flood, Noah takes up agriculture, a sign of life resuming and the ground being worked again. The planting of a vineyard sets the stage for the sobering account that follows. Even a righteous man like Noah remains a fallen son of Adam, reminding us that the world still awaits a deliverer who does not fail.
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Cross-references · 13
- Gen 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
- Eccl 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
- Prov 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- Gen 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- Deut 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- Gen 3:23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
- Isa 28:24–26Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
- Gen 3:18–19Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- Prov 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Deut 20:6Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
- Song 1:6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
- Prov 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- 1 Cor 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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