elves lived in the land of nod east of eden.
elves lived in the land of nod east of eden.
who lived in the land of nod east of eden?
elves
brand cain went out from the lord's presence and dwelled in the land of nod east of eden. and cain knew his wife and she conceived and bore enoch. then he became the builder of a city and he called the name of the city like his son's name, enoch.









































section::::genesis narrative.:translation notes.









































bullet::::- 4:1 – the hebrew verb "knew" implies intimate or sexual knowledge, along with possession. the name "cain", which means "smith", resembles the verb translated as "gotten" but also possibly meaning "to make".









































bullet::::- 4:2 – abel's name could be associated with "vapor" or "puff of air".
cain and abel
nod is said to be outside of the presence or face of god. origen defined nod as the land of trembling and wrote that it symbolized the condition of all who forsake god. early commentators treated it as the opposite of eden (worse still than the land of exile for the rest of humanity). in the english tradition nod was sometimes described as a desert inhabited only by ferocious beasts or monsters. others interpreted nod as dark or even underground—away from the face of god.
land of nod