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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81202" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81202" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Land Of]] the country to which [[Cain]] withdrew after the murder of Abel. As the precise situation of this country cannot possibly be known, so it has given rise to much ingenious speculation. All that we are told of it is, that it was "on the east of Eden," or, as it may be rendered, "before Eden;" which very country of Eden is no sure guide for us, as the situation of that also is disputed. But, be it on the higher or lower Euphrates, ( see [[Eden]] , ) the land of [[Nod]] which stood before it with respect to the place where Moses wrote, may still preserve the curse of barrenness passed on it for Cain's sake, namely, in the deserts of Syria or Arabia. The [[Chaldee]] interpreters render the word Nod, not as the proper name of a country, but as an appellative applied to Cain himself, signifying a vagabond or fugitive, and read, "He dwelt a fugitive in the land." But the [[Hebrew]] reads expressly, "He dwelt in the land of Nod." </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52943" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52943" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70584" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70584" /> == | ||
<p> [[Nod]] (''Nŏd'' ), ''Flight.'' The region eastward of Eden, to which Cain fled from the presence of Jehovah. Genesis 4:14-16. The Chaldee interpreters apply the term to Cain, and not to a land: "He dwelt a fugitive in the land." </p> | <p> [[Nod]] ( ''Nŏd'' ), ''Flight.'' The region eastward of Eden, to which Cain fled from the presence of Jehovah. Genesis 4:14-16. The Chaldee interpreters apply the term to Cain, and not to a land: "He dwelt a fugitive in the land." </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48327" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48327" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53123" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53123" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. id. נוֹד '', Flight'' [see below]; Sept. Ναϊ v | <p> (Heb. id. '''''נוֹד''''' '', Flight'' [see below]; Sept. '''''Ναϊ''''' v '''''Δ''''' ) '','' the land east of Eden to which Cain fled after the murder of his brother ( Genesis 4:16). The name is plainly akin with the verb ''Nud, '''''נוּד''''' , To Flee;'' and means simply the ''Land Of Exile'' or ''Flight.'' It were, therefore, fruitless to seek for a country of this name in Asia, and its position must depend entirely upon that of Eden, which is uncertain. Von Bohlen, however, would follow an intimation of Michaelis. and understand it as a name of India ([[Genesis]] p. 59). (Calmet, s.v.; Schmidt, ''Bibl. Geograph.'' p. 42,447; Rosenmuler, ''Alterthum.'' I, 1:215 sq.; Tuch, [[Genesis]] p. 111.) (See Cain). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6693" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6693" /> == | ||
