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Land of Nod

In English idiom, to go to the Land of Nod is to go to sleep, based on "to nod" or "to nod off" meaning to fall asleep.

In the Hebrew Bible, the Land of Nod (Hebrew: eretz-Nod‎‎, ארץ נוד) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis, located "on the east of Eden" (qidmat-‘Eden), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel. According to Genesis 4:16:

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

"Nod" (נוד) is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (לנדוד). Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod is usually taken to mean that one takes up a wandering life.

Genesis 4:17 relates that after arriving in the Land of Nod, Cain's wife bore him a son, Enoch, in whose name he built the first city.

Places named "Land of Nod"

Land of Nod is the name of a small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located at the far end of a two-mile-long road which joins the A614 road at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (53.818268, -0.724011).

Land of Nod Road is the name of a residential road in Windham, Maine, USA, and another in Headley Down, Hampshire, UK

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