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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 9:21

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Genesis 9:21 (WEB)

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

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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 things which the Sober Mind desires and…” — editor's note: περὶ μέθης τοσαῦτα: De ebrietate duo (so Jerome, ibid.). Upon Gen. ix. 21. Only the second book is extant (Mangey, I. 357–391), but from its beginning it is…

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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.

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  • “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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