GENESIS 4:16

¹⁶ Then Cain left the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

In the Bible’s Book of Genesis, Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve and a farmer who became the first murderer after God rejected his offering but favored his brother Abel’s sacrifice. Driven by jealousy, Cain killed Abel, for which he was cursed by God to be a restless wanderer and driven from the land. God then marked Cain for protection before he traveled to the land of Nod, where he founded a city and started a family. 

Cain and Abel’s Offering

• After Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, they had two sons, Cain and Abel.
• Cain became a farmer who worked the soil, while Abel became a shepherd who tended his flock.
• Each brought an offering to God, but God accepted Abel’s offering of the firstborn animals but not Cain’s harvest. 

Jealousy, Murder, and the Curse

• God told Cain he was angry and that sin was waiting to master him if he didn’t do what was right.
• Cain, however, became consumed by jealousy and anger and murdered his brother, Abel, in the field.
• God confronted Cain, who denied killing Abel.
• As punishment, God cursed Cain to be a restless wanderer, driven from the ground that had “opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood”. 

The Mark of Cain and Life in Nod

There, he had a son named Enoch and built a city, also named Enoch. 

Cain feared being killed by anyone who found him, but God placed a mark on him to protect him and promised vengeance on anyone who harmed him sevenfold.

Cain went to the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus!