<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> <P> "Nod" (נוד) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod is usually taken to mean that one takes up a wandering life . Genesis 4: 17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife bore him a son, Enoch, in whose name he built the first city . </P> <P> "Nod" (נוד ‬) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד ‬). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod can mean to live a wandering life . Gesenius defines (נוּד ‬) as follows: </P> <P> TO BE MOVED, TO BE AGITATED (Arab . ناد Med . Waw id .), used of a reed shaken by the wind, 1Ki. 14: 15; hence to wander, to be a fugitive, Jer. 4: 1; Gen. 4: 12, 14; Ps. 56: 9; to flee, Ps. 11: 1; Jer. 49: 30 . Figuratively, Isa. 17: 11, נֵד קָצִיר ‬ "the harvest has fled" ("but see נֵד ‬," which some take in this place as the subst .). </P>

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