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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he drank
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
of the wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
p, and was drunken
shakar (Hebrew #7937)
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
KJV usage: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
; and he was uncovered
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + 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.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
within
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
his tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler:{HR}And whoso erreth thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares, (Luke 21:34)
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1 Cor. 10:12• 12So then let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:12)
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Titus 2:2• 2that elder men be sober, grave, discreet, healthful in their faith, in their love, in their patience; (Titus 2:2)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 6:9• 9These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations; Noah walked with God. (Gen. 6:9)
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Gen. 19:32‑36• 32come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
 33And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
 34And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
 35And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
 36And both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. (Gen. 19:32‑36)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler:{HR}And whoso erreth thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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Prov. 23:31‑32• 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,{HR}When it sparkleth in the cup,{HR}When it goeth down smoothly.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent,{HR}And stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:31‑32)
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Eccl. 7:20• 20Surely [there is] not a righteous man upon earth,{HR}That doeth good, and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)
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Luke 22:3‑4• 3And Satan entered into Judas who is called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve;
 4and he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them. (Luke 22:3‑4)
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Rom. 13:13• 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:13)
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1 Cor. 10:12• 12So then let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor. 10:12)
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Gal. 5:21• 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:21)
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Titus 2:2• 2that elder men be sober, grave, discreet, healthful in their faith, in their love, in their patience; (Titus 2:2)
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Hab. 2:15‑16• 15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
 16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. (Hab. 2:15‑16)
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Rev. 3:18• 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:18)
• The government confided to Noah loses immediately its honor. (“Genesis 9” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.

W. Kelly Translation

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