The Intoxication of Noah

The Intoxication of Noah. —It would seem that Noah had not had much experience in agricultural pursuits. We are told he began to be a husbandman (or farmer), and planted a vineyard. Probably the vine had never been cultivated to any large extent previously, and Noah, in his innocence and simplicity, partook too largely of the wine, with the result that he was completely overcome and prostrated by it. It has to be remembered that Noah was until this moment probably entirely unacquainted with the properties or effects of wine, and that, therefore, he erred through ignorance.

1882 Christadelphian p 82