lego_office_worker t1_iw11hho wrote
Nod was not purgatory. it was just a geographic location away from the area around the garden.
it was east of the garden and the name just means land of wandering.
Dawnawaken92 t1_iw12hap wrote
Wasn't it a bustling city when he arrived too?
lego_office_worker t1_iw13h7r wrote
No, it only says that he built a city there
17 Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son.
moonbunnychan t1_iw1y9nd wrote
I can only assume his wife was his sister too since uh...not a lot of selection to choose from.
lego_office_worker t1_iw38s8r wrote
yea. some people say that cains wife and the people he was afraid were going to kill him were all the future sons and daughters that adam and eve had. people back then lived a long time. future sons and daughters would know what cain had done and why he was living out there. genesis condenses lots of history and its probably not exhaustive.
here4the_trainwreck t1_iw3agh6 wrote
"probably"
h4ll0br3 t1_iw2ci5l wrote
Actually there was. Adam and Eve were the first humans their god made, not the only ones made
quicxly OP t1_iw125lq wrote
for sure, i wasn't sure how to summarize it for the title. I'm basically informed by this passage from the wiki, but am by no means a Bible scholar --
> Nod is said to be outside of the presence or face of God. Origen defined Nod as the land of trembling and wrote that it symbolized the condition of all who forsake God.
lego_office_worker t1_iw13arb wrote
certainly possible. Cain stated here:
13 But Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can stand! 14 You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”
That there were other people around, and they might not take kindly to him (maybe because he was a murderer). So this land of wandering was populated by some fierce people. I dont think anyone knows who they really were or why they were there. But Cain was certainly scared of them.
DharmaCub t1_iw1xn0d wrote
Well if he went East of Eden (presumably somewhere in Iraq) then it's likely he either ended up in Iran or the Eurasian Steppe. I would assume those people to be ancient Steppe nomads (wanderers on the Earth).
Crosstitch_Witch t1_iw4yr9z wrote
Random idea of someone who doesn't know too much about this topic and mostly just thinks this would make a fun story: what if all of Earth was actually Eden, and The Land of Nod another planet? Or, the opposite.
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