According to Genesis, what was Noah’s first recorded agricultural act after the Flood?

The story behind the answer

According to Genesis, Noah’s first recorded agricultural act after the Flood was planting a vineyard.

Genesis 9:20 describes Noah as a man of the soil and says that he planted a vineyard after the Flood. The brief statement marks a transition from survival aboard the Ark to settled life on the renewed earth.

The vineyard leads directly into the next episode: Noah drank wine, became drunk, and lay uncovered inside his tent. That incident introduces the family conflict involving Ham and Noah’s later words about his sons.

The passage is sometimes misremembered as saying that Noah planted an olive tree or a general crop. Those plants are associated with other parts of the Flood narrative, but Genesis specifically names a vineyard as Noah’s first recorded planting.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

Add question to a list

Choose a list to keep this question in: