GEN 4:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and Kayin left Yahweh’s presence and settled in the land of Nod to the east of Eden.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Κάϊν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Ναὶδ κατέναντι Ἐδέμ.
(Exaʸlthen de Kain apo prosōpou tou Theou, kai ōkaʸsen en gaʸ Naid katenanti Edem. )

BrTr So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.

ULT Then Cain went away from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

UST Then Cain left Yahweh’s presence and lived in the region of Nod, which means “wandering,” which was east of the region of Eden.

BSB § So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod,[fn] east of Eden.

OEB Cain departed from the Lord’s presence and lived east of Eden in the land of Wandering.

WEBBE Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

LSV And Cain goes out from before YHWH, and dwells in the land, moving about east of Eden;

FBV So Cain left the Lord's presence and went to live in a land called Nod, east of Eden.[fn]

4:16 “Nod” means “wandering.”

T4T So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, which means ‘wandering’, which was east of Eden.

LEB And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and he settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

BBE And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

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

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

DRA And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.

YLT And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

Drby And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.

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

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

KJB-1769 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

KJB-1611 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the East of Eden.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.
(And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward from Eden.)

Gnva Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.

Cvdl So Cain wente out from ye face of the LORDE, and dwelt in the lande Nod, vpon the east syde of Eden.
(So Cain went out from ye/you_all face of the LORD, and dwelt in the land Nod, upon the east side of Eden.)

Wycl And Cayn yede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of Eden.
(And Cayn went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelled/dwelt fleeing about in earth, at the east coost of Eden.)

Luth Also ging Kain von dem Angesicht des HErr’s und wohnete im Lande Nod, jenseit Eden, gegen Morgen.
(So went Kain from to_him face the LORD’s and lived in_the land Nod, beyond Eden, gegen Morgen.)

ClVg Egressusque Cain a facie Domini, habitavit profugus in terra ad orientalem plagam Eden.
(Egressusque Cain from face Master, habitavit profugus in earth/land to orientalem plagam Eden. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן

and=he/it_went_out Qayin/(Cain)

Alternate translation: “After that, Cain went away”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה

from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH

Yahweh is everywhere, so this probably means that after talking to Yahweh, Cain left that place. Alternate translation: “from Yahweh” or “from the place where Yahweh had been talking to him”

וַ⁠יֵּ֥שֶׁב

and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived

Alternate translation: “and settled” or “and started living”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

בְּ⁠אֶֽרֶץ נ֖וֹד

in=land_of Nōd

The original readers of the Hebrew text knew that the name Nod means “wandering”. Usually translators transliterate (copy or borrow) the name from the Hebrew text, and they might also include the meaning of the name in the text or in a footnote. If you do that here, the meaning should be similar to how you translated “wanderer” in verses 12 and 14.

קִדְמַת עֵֽדֶן

east_of ˊĒden

Consider again how you translated “the land/region of Eden” and “the Garden of Eden” in the book of Genesis. See Gen 2:8, 10, 15; 3:23-24; 4:16. Alternate translation: “which was east of the land called Eden.” or “which was east of Eden Land.”

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