Genesis 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.”
Genesis 4:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:169 words
וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go
קַיִןqayinKajin
מִלִּפְנֵיmilip̄ənêFrom to face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
נוֹדnwōdNod
קִדְמַתqidəmatForward
עֵדֶןʿēdenEden
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