Genesis 9:21

Genesis 9:21

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

a. NLT: One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.

b. NIV: When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

c. YLT: And drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay naked in his tent.

e. Septuagint: And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: He drank of the wine and became drunk, and he uncovered himself within his tent.

1. “And he drank of the wine, and was drunken…”

a. And he drank [Strong: 8354 shathah shaw-thaw' a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):--X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely.]

b. of [Strong: 4480 min min or minniy {min-nee'}; or minney (constructive plural) {min-nay'}; (Isaiah 30:11); for 4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows):--above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.]

c. the wine [Strong: 3196 yayin yah'-yin from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication:--banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).]

d. and was drunken [Strong: 7937 shakar shaw-kar' a primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence:--(be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry.]

1). Noah got drunk and he experienced one of the many negative experiences of getting drunk. Alcohol lowers the inhibition, it removes them and allows a person to do things they would not have done if they were not drunk.

a). Proverbs 23:29-35 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

2. “…and he was uncovered within his tent.”

a. and he was uncovered [Strong: 1540 w-law' a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.]

b. within [Strong: 8432 tavek taw'-vek from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre:--among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).]

c. his tent [Strong: 168 'ohel o'-hel from 166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):--covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.]

1). It does not say how Noah became uncovered. Personally I lean toward either Ham or Canaan did something to Noah while he was drunkenly unconscious. Some scholars believe that something sexual occurred while Noah was drunk. It does seem to imply that something was done to Noah while unconscious (Genesis 9:24). The phrase “uncover the nakedness” is a euphemism for sexual intercourse. It is used in Leviticus 18:6-19. It is also found in Ezekiel.

a).  Ezekiel 16:36, 37 Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

b). Ezekiel 23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.