Genesis Chapter 4 verse 16 Holy Bible
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
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And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. Not simply ended his interview and prepared to emigrate from the abode of his youth (Kalisch); but, more especially, withdrew from the neighborhood of the cherubim (v/de on ver. 14). And dwelt in the land of Nod. The geographical situation of Nod (Knobel, China?) cannot be determined further than that it was on the east of Eden, and its name, Nod, or wandering (cf. vers. 12, 14; Psalm 56:8), was clearly derived from Cain s fugitive and vagabond life (vide Michaelis, 'Suppl,' p. 1612; and cf. Furst, 'Lex.,' sub voce), "which showeth, as Josephus well conjectureth, that Cain was not amended by his punishment, but waxed worse and worse, giving himself to rapine, robbery, oppression, deceit" (Willet).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Cain went out from the presence of the Lord.--See Note on Genesis 3:8. Adam and his family probably worshipped with their faces towards the Paradise, and Cain, on migrating from the whole land of Eden, regarded himself as beyond the range of the vision of God. (See Note on Genesis 4:14.)The land of Nod.--i.e., of wandering. Knobel supposes it was China, but this is too remote. Read without vowels, the word becomes India. All that is certain is that Cain emigrated into Eastern Asia, and as none of Noah's descendants, in the table of nations in Genesis 10, are described as having travelled eastward, many with Philippson and Knobel regard the Mongol race as the offspring of Cain.
