<P> The Land of Nod (Hebrew: ארץ נוד ‬, eretz - Nod) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" (qidmat -' Eden), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel . According to Genesis 4: 16: </P> <P> And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden . (וַיֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ נֹ֖וד קִדְמַת ־ עֵֽדֶן ‬) </P>

Who lived in the land of nod east of eden