Place · Region
Nod
Named in 1 verse, first in Genesis 4:16.
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In the Bible
All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 4:16
So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Nod. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 3875 BCGod curses Cain
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen. 4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.