What was Noah’s first recorded occupation after leaving the Ark?

Noah’s first recorded occupation after leaving the Ark was farming.

Genesis 9:20 says that Noah began to be a “man of the soil” or a farmer after the flood. The verse then states that he planted a vineyard. This is the first occupation explicitly recorded for Noah after his departure from the Ark.

The vineyard episode is followed by Noah drinking wine and becoming drunk, creating a family incident involving Ham and Noah’s other sons, Shem and Japheth. The passage is part of the post-flood narrative and is separate from the earlier construction of the Ark.

Some readers assume that Noah was primarily a shipbuilder because he built the Ark, but Genesis does not call him a professional shipbuilder. It presents Ark construction as a divine assignment and later describes him in agricultural terms. The text also does not say that Noah invented wine; it says that he planted a vineyard and made wine from its produce.