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16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.

The Descendants of Cain

17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son. 18 Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of[b] Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:16 Nod means “wandering.”
  2. 4:18 Or the ancestor of, and so throughout the verse.

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