Land of Nod

The Land of Nod (Hebrew:  – ʾereṣ-Nōḏ) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" (qiḏmaṯ-ʿḖḏen), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel. According to Genesis 4:16: Genesis 4:17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife had a son with him, Enoch, in whose name he built the first city. Name "Nod" is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander". Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod can mean to live a wandering life. Gesenius defines as follows: TO BE MOVED, TO BE AGITATED (Arab. 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, "the harvest has fled" ["but see ," which some take in this place as the subst (substitute).].