Genesis 4:16
So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Eden.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:8And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Exodus 20:18And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
2 Kings 24:20For it was according to the Lord’s anger against Jerusalem and on Judah, until he cast them out of his presence, that Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
Job 2:7So the devil went out from the Lord, 1 And smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head. 1
Psalms 5:11Judge them, O God; 1 Let them fail of their counsels: 1 Cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; 1 For they have provoked thee, O Lord. 1
Jeremiah 23:39therefore, behold, I will seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:14-16
Cain's Complaint. ( b. c. 3875.) 13 And Cain said unto the Lord , My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill… Read the whole commentary →