And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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Interpretation
The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby.
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This thought runs through Genesis 9:19-23.