Genesis 9:20 (WEB)
Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
Fathers and councils · 4
Eusebius of Caesarea
“There are, besides these, treatises expressly worked out by him on certain subjects, such as the two books On Agriculture, and the same number On Drunkenness; and some others distinguished by different titles corresponding to the contents of each; for instance, Concerning the…” — editor's note: περὶ γεωργίας δύο: De Agricultura duo (so Jerome, de vir. ill. 11). Upon Genesis ix. 20, forming a part (as do all the works mentioned in §§2–4 except On the…
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Ambrose of Milan
“After the Flood the just man found wine a source of temptation to him.” — editor's note: Gen. ix. 20.
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Jerome
“And to let you see the hidden meaning of Scripture in all its fulness (for the word of God is a pearl and may be pierced on every side) after his drunkenness came the uncovering of his body; self-indulgence culminated in lust.” — editor's note: Gen. ix. 20, 21.
Read the whole comment“One hour’s debauch makes Noah uncover his nakedness which through sixty years of sobriety he had kept covered.” — editor's note: Gen. ix. 20, 21.
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