And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
The land of Nod is so called because it was the land in which Cain wandered about in fear and trembling. But the land also received a second curse when God said, “When you till the earth it shall no longer yield to you its strength.” .
