1067. Verse 20 And Noah began to be a man (vir) of the ground, and planted a vineyard.

'Noah began to be a man of the ground' means in general a person who has been instructed from matters of doctrine concerning faith. 'And he planted a vineyard' means the Church resulting from this, 'vineyard' being the spiritual Church.

3311. 'And Jacob was a blameless man' means truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as the doctrine of natural truth, 3305, and from the meaning of 'blameless' as that which is used to refer to those governed by truth, and so to refer to truth, 612.