Genesis 4:16

from the presence of Cf. 14, "from thy face." Cain going out "from the presence of" Jehovah, quits the land in which that presence was revealed. Jonah in fleeing from Palestine fled "from the presence of the Lord" (Jonah 1:3).

in the land of Nod That is, Wandering, cf. the word "wanderer" (nâd) in Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14. This region cannot be identified; it serves as a vague designation for all the country in the unknown East, which was thought to be inhabited only by nomads.

on the east of This rendering, like the Lat. ad orientalem plagam, is preferable to that of the marg. in front of(LXX κατέναντι). See notes on Genesis 2:14 and Genesis 3:24.