Who were the people of Nod?

[padanarm]

According to the Bible Adam and Eve were the first humans. They gave birth to Cain and Abel.

According to Genesis 4:16-17

<i>Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.</i>

So who were the people of Nod and why doesn't the Bible tell us more about them?

[MarkRae]

Because it's a fairy-story...

As, I strongly suspect, you know already...

[padanarm]

Not much of a story, needs a better editor.

[naomi24]

Actually, according to the bible Adam was not the first man. When he was created the earth was already populated. Genesis clearly tells us that God created two races of man - one in his own image, and one from the dust of the ground.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Note this verse says 'them' and not 'him', indicting a race of men.

Then in:

Genesis: 2:5 ..........and there was not a man to till the ground.

(How strange. God had just created man and yet there was no one to take care of the crops).

Then it goes on:

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

It seems the race of Adam was created to serve the man who was already there.

The Bible doesn't tell us about the people of Nod because initially it only narrates the history of one family.

[boxtops]

I believe the Hebrew word "Nod" means wandering, so it was a land where people wandered - sounds like the nomadic life probably led by the peoples in the huge area to the north-east of the Holy Land, which fits the biblical description as well.

[mibn2cweus]

"And God said, Let us make man in our image..."
So who was God talking to anywho? His imaginary friends, perhaps?
Whoever wrote that book musta been higher than Edgar Allan Poe.

I'm not sure that I should commend you on having made it thru to chapter 4, padanarm, but that's further than I've ever been able to go with it . . .

[naomi24]

God wasn't alone, mibs. There were more like him around. ;o)