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Genesis 4:16

World English Bible

Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

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Genesis 4:16 in other translations

And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:16 · American Standard Version

Genesis 4:16 in context

  1. 14Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
  2. 15Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
  3. 16Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  4. 17Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
  5. 18Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.