Nod was the land east of Eden where Cain settled after he was banished for killing his brother Abel.
Nod was the land where Cain settled after he was banished by God for murdering his brother Abel (Gen. 4:16). The name "Nod" means "wandering," reflecting Cain's status as a fugitive and wanderer on the earth (Gen. 4:12, 14). The land of Nod was located to the east of Eden, but its precise location is not specified in the Bible. It is described as a place of exile, away from the presence of God and the rest of human society at that time.
Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen. 4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.
(flight), the land to which Cain fled after the murder of Abel. [Cain]
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So Cain went out from the presence of the Lordand settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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