The first city in Mesopotamia, and therefore the oldest city in the world, appeared around 5400 B.C. Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. Secondly, we can see the childhood/adolescent phase in Cains reply to Yahweh when he said, Am I my brothers keeper? indicating that his brother had a keeper. A scribe from Lagash appears to ridicule the long-livers by pointing out they were children in diapers for a long time, and not only were they slow to grow up they were also dull-witted, and needed someone to watch over them, usually the mother. This family tree shows the two men named Enoch in Adam and Eve's line. Thats about the same amount of time thats passed between Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt and you reading this sentence. When God flooded the earth there were great Explosions and upheavals all over the earth. Fortunately, the scriptures, especially the Pearl of Great Price, provide details about the divine destiny and history of the City of Enoch. Ge 4:17. Adam, for example, "lived a total of 930 years Genesis 5:5), while Seth lived for 912 years (Genesis 5:8). John's Revelation to the 7 Churches of Asia, John's Letter to the 7 Churches of Asia Minor, The messages to the believers on the coastal plain, The messages to the believers living inland, 21. Eventually, Cain built a city and named it "Chanoch" after his son. Though the Bible gives little detail about Enoch as a person, we find in the Pearl of Great Price that he considered himself "but a lad" and "slow of speech" (Moses 6:31) when he was called by God to be a prophet. To speculate a little further, we can apply a rudimentary translation to the name Alulim and come up with fourth man (A = prefix + lu = man + lim, a contraction of limmu = four). Illustrations by Denis Freitas. This is supposedly after Cain killed Abel, and before Adam and Eve had any other sons and daughters. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Genesis 4:1-17: 1 "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain and said, 'I have gotten a man from the Lord.'". The city of Uruk was well on its feet by the time Tubal-Cain was working with metal. Genesis 5:18,22 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: . We know that the use of the word "bosom" in this instance means more than just some vague, heavenly location. Three authors who are experts in ancient cultures bring you this verse-by-verse, even word-by-word commentary, the most thorough and reader-friendly treatment available. The first city built inthe Bible was the city f noch named after the prophet Enoch.Gen_4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he [Enoch] builded a city . This Enoch is not to be confused with Enoch, son of Jared, to whom the authorship of the Book of Enoch is ascribed. Cain, it seems, made his way to these settlements for reasons of daily food, shelter, and finding a wife. The differences in the story are at least partly due to the ebb and flow of power over the centuries. And 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. Enoch had a son and named him Irad. He builded a city.--Heb., was building, that is, began to build a city. Trust ye in theLordfor ever: for in theLord Jehovahis everlasting strength:For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch" (4:17). Along with An (or Anu) the sky god and Enlil, the god of the air, Enki was one of the three most important gods in Sumer. The murder had introduced fear, insecurity and homelessness to the world. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. The majority of Adams antediluvian male offspring fathered children before they reached the age of 200, including four of them who were in their 160s when they first became fathers. Derek is a Christian, a husband and a father. It was built by Adam's son Cain, east of Eden in the land of Nod. Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: . Moses 6-7. 3378-3013. PHONE: 435-586-1119 FAX: None Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 4:30 pm., Friday 9 am - 1 pm. [6][7], Nod is said to be outside of the presence or face of God. Cains son Enoch would then be 264, relating to approximately 26 years old in our terms. It will immeasurably enrich your understanding of such doctrines as the nature of God, pre-mortal life, the Creation, the Fall, the Atonement, the establishment of Zion, the Last Days, and the Second Coming. In Sumerian, it was known as 'Nun-ki' meaning 'the mighty . And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. We are living in the final stages of Cains grand experiment, for the Bible tells us that the real story of human development is the contrast and strivings of two cities, the doomed city of man and the ultimately triumphant city of God! Many of Lamech's ancestors were likely alive and also lived in the vicinity of Enoch. "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. According to the Biblical account, the first Mesopotamian city was built by Cain's descendents. 4 I am the same which have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom. and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. NASB 1995 God had continued to stretch out His merciful hand, but Cain continued in his disobedience and gainsaying. He would never know whether the mark would have protected him or not, for it didnt seem adequate to him, therefore he simply left God, not physically of course, but spiritually and morally. Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Akkadian words eventually gave rise to the Hebrew language, among other languages, and although the Akkadian and Sumerian scribes both used cuneiform to record their words, their languages were unrelated. [5], Josephus wrote in Antiquities of the Jews (c. AD 93) that Cain continued his wickedness in Nod: resorting to violence and robbery; establishing weights and measures; transforming human culture from innocence into craftiness and deceit; establishing property lines; and building a fortified city. The Sumerian King List also mentions that Mesh-ki-ang-gasher (Cain) seems to disappear and may have drowned in the sea. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? Adam seems to have spoken an early form of the Akkadian language. According to the Book of Jubilees 4:9, Enoch's mother/aunt was named Awan. His death is the foundation of the Church. Cain built a city and named it after his first born son, Enoch. Enoch (dedicated).The eldest son of Cain, (Genesis 4:17) who called after his name the city which he built. Israel becomes a kingdom under Saul and David, Jonathan demolishes the Philistine pillar at Geba, Saul is killed by the Philistines at Mt Gilboa, The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem, David's victories over Israel's neighbours, Absalom's flight & his rebellion against David, 31. Lamech was the first recorded polygamist in the Bible, taking two women named Adah and Zillah. He had a child he named Enoch, and he then named the city after him (Genesis 4:17). The Sumerian language died out, (as related in Genesis 11), but their Akkadian neighbours language grew and developed into several modern languages. he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular, Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular, To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage, Enoch -- four Israelites, sons of Cain, Jered, Midian and Reuben, Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct, Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. It places Cain's city of refuge in contrast to later Palestinian cities of refuge established by God (Numbers 35:25-32). In the end, Josephus's Cain is still a greedy grasper who, rather than repenting from his original crimes, has actually managed to perfect them. If we look carefully at the name Mesh-ki-ang-gasher we may see a similarity between Cain and Kian Mesh-ki-ang-gasher. While some believe these figures are literally the age ofreal individuals, many believe they represent much longer periods of ancestral dynasties within the family line. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. The two made a sacrifice of their produce to God, who favored Abel's and not Cain's. Scholars do agree, however, that civilization emerged in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 B.C. His purpose was much the same as that of the builders of the Tower of Babel, who wanted to keep mankind together that they might form a powerful community. Would he finally be at rest? (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. Whoever indeed forsakes God, who abandons understanding, whose thinking is continually 'in the land of Nod' dwells there today also, that is, that person remains in wicked unsettlement of heart and in commotion of mind.". There is no biblical record of the birth of Cain so we cant reliably date it, but his younger brother Seth was born in 4918 BC. Please read them with prayerful discernment and glean from them. Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. But it wouldn't stay there forever. The city of Eridu was another southern Mesopotamian city and appears to be the city in which Adam and Eve lived after their employment in the garden of Eden had been terminated. And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. An archaeological dig at Eridu just after World War II discovered about a thousand bodies that were buried during the Ubaid. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. Cain held the truth of God in unrighteousnessbecause, when he knew God, he glorified Him not as God, neither was thankful, but became vain in his imaginations, and his foolish heart was darkened..and even as he did not like to retain God in his knowledge, God gave him over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness Concerning the Posterity of Adam, and the Ten Generations from Him. Using the website implies your agreement to the use of cookies. But we are come to Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. Clearly, the mark placed upon Cain worked ( Gen 4:15 ). From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. ", Origen, Jeremiah Homily; quoted in Delaney (1996), pp. During his ministry, Enoch also built a city for the people of God or the people who repented and were baptized. Answer (1 of 7): Cain went into banishment in "the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden," taking with him his wife, an anonymous daughter or granddaughter of Adam and Eve. Lets just hope when archaeologists 8,000 years from now discover the remains of. When the people of God were attacked, their enemies fled to "a land out of the depth of the sea, and so great was the fear of the enemies of the people of God, that they fled and stood afar off and went upon the land which came up out of the depth of the sea" (Moses 7:14), which could have been anisland or a peninsula in the general region of the City of Enoch. After Cain arrived in the Land of Nod, to which he was evicted by the Lord as his punishment for murdering his brother . Before God said [Let there be light], he saw everything from that point to the end. Lamech likely lived near the city of Enoch that his great-great-great grandfather, Cain built. City of Enoch building began by Cain approx. Here, archaeologists have discovered remains of houses built using the ubiquitous reeds found allover this swampy delta. Dereks most recent book is The Great Inception: Satans PSYOPs from Eden to Armageddon. The city may therefore havebeencalled Eridu after Enochs son Irad (see Genesis 4:18) (see 4 on Map 35). Others interpreted Nod as dark or even undergroundaway from the face of God. (Genesis 4:16-17) Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? After Cain arrived in the Land of Nod, to which he was evicted by the Lord as his punishment for murdering his brother Abel, his wife became pregnant and bore Cain's first child, whom he named Enoch. In fact, the Sumerians believed Enki personally created Eridu, elevating it from the marshy ground on what was then the shore of the gulf. The importance of a deity was, as youd guess, tied to the fortunes of its city. "Nod" () is the Hebrew root of the verb "to wander" (). Genesis Chapter 5 states that many of thefamily lived for hundreds of years. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Derek P. Gilbert hosts SkyWatchTV, a Christian television program that airs on several national networks, the long-running interview podcast A View from the Bunker, and co-hosts SciFriday, a weekly television program that analyzes science news with his wife, author Sharon K. Gilbert. [3], Much as Cain's name is connected to the verb meaning "to get" in Genesis 4:1, the name "Nod" closely resembles the word "nad" (), usually translated as "vagabond", in Genesis 4:12. The old question, Where did Cain find his wife? isnt that hard to answer.). The Lord's reply, "Why are you angry? initiated. They are written by men and women in ministry of many backgrounds and express their opinions, experiences and testimonies which are not necessarily that of All Pro Pastors ministry. Learn how your comment data is processed. Agriculture, cities, writing, trade, science, and organized religion all developed in a broad arc that stretched from Egypt through the Levant and down into Mesopotamia. Life after Eden must have been a crushing disappointment for early humans, especially the First Couple. This city, whose inhabitants would later be translated, was known as the City of Enoch or Zion. Some scholars, such as Egyptologist David Rohl, believe its possible that the he in the second sentence refers to Enoch, not Cain. everything from religious practices to social interaction to music. 2:1) The land of Nod is so called because it was the land in which Cain wandered about in fear and trembling. (Pseudo-Philo, L.A.B. But in old times the ideas of training and dedication were closely allied, because teaching generally took the form of initiation into sacred rites, and one so initiated was regarded as a consecrated person. It means train in Proverbs 22:6 ("Train up a child"), but is used in Deuteronomy 20:5 of the dedication of a house; and thus Cain also calls his city "Enoch," dedicated. Genesis 4:17. . During this vision, Enoch also saw the divine destiny of Zion. Incorporated in 1966, Enoch City boasts of its history of the Old Spanish Trail, its pioneer heritage, its unprecedented growth, its family values, and its delicious water. Commentators have noticed that when the Lord takes Cain under his wing and asked him why his face is downcast - "Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell" (Gen 4:5). Thats okay. Dear members and friends, I still remember a long and intense debate I had with my church friends regarding the wife of Cain. What can we say about Cain's wicked sanctuary-city of Enoch? New American Standard Bible Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city, and named the city Enoch, after the name of his son. The Israelites face continuing opposition, The Israelites fight the remaining Canaanites, Israel under the 'judges': Othniel and Ehud, Gibeah is destroyed & the Benjamites punished, The Ark of the Covenant is captured at Aphek, 30. ), used of a reed shaken by the wind, 1Ki.14:15; hence to wander, to be a fugitive, Jer. The Golden Age of Israel under King Solomon, Solomon builds a palace and furnishes the Temple, The Ark of the Covenant is installed in the Temple, Solomon builds a network of chariot cities, 32. Ironically , Nod means Wanderings. archaeologists and sociologistshave known at least since the late 1940s that people throughout Mesopotamia, before they learned how to write, figured out how to turn their children into coneheads. The first city mentioned in the Bible. An archaeological dig at Eridu just after World War II discovered about a thousand bodies that were buried during the Ubaid. The Eridu Crania: A Preliminary Report,, https://allpropastors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/elongated-Skuls-3.jpg, https://allpropastors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo-t.png, Cain, the First City, and the Mystery of Head Shaping, Copyright - All Pro Pastors International. Cainan was "the land of promise" named after the great-great-grandson of Adam (Moses 6:17). and 3500 B.C., that cranial deformation was widespread in the Ubaid culture, and Eriduthe worlds first city, possibly built by Cain or his sonwas Ground Zero for head shaping. In this series, Dr. Sproul discusses the cit [11], The name "Land of Nod" was accorded locally to the northerly 3,000 acres (1,214.1 hectares) of the Great Plot lying north of Woburn, Massachusetts, at its foundation in 164042, "the name being probably suggested by a comparison of its forlorn condition so far remote from church ordinances with the Nod to which Cain wandered when he went 'from the presence of the Lord'." Figuratively, Isa. But the Lord's response revealed there was more in store for the City of Enoch than its earthly abode. Cain does not have the honor of having his own toledoth in the book of Genesis but we do read of his posterity up to six generations. Leiden: Brill, 2011. "Cain knew his wife. A Bible Discovery / Quick Study extra! civilization, its not by stumbling across the shell of a Wawa or a Piggly Wiggly. Immediately after, this verse tells us that even Cain's mild punishment . In the Hebrew version we read that Cain lived in the land of Nod. Genesis 5:22-24 says, "After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Adam is slightly out of line as he was 230 before Seth was born, but that is because Adam had already fathered two boys, Cain and Abel. The first city known by archaeologists to exist in Mesopotamia was Eridu. Even if he settles down he can never truly settle down, for he is sentenced by God to go nowhere, and to find nothing, and to have perpetual insecurity. Because his own works were evil, and his brothers righteousHereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 40,000 residents with about 80,000 people living in the surrounding areas - city-states were a feature of southern Mesopotamia. The earliest community settlements found in Uruk are what archaeologists call Uruk XVIII dating back to around 5000 BC. Forget about the burden of living under the cursetoiling to coax enough food from the ground to survive, the pain of bringing new life into the world, and all the rest. Genesis 4:17. Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. Paul's Journey to Cyprus, Pamphylia & Galatia, Paul & Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria, Paul & Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem, Paul & Barnabas take the decision to Antioch, 10. Though he asked God "wherefore am I thy servant?" When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. Will the city give him the sense of permanence and security that he craves? Both Enmerkar and Enoch have the Sumerian prefix En, meaning ruler or lord. And Mesh-ki-ang-gasher, as we noted, seems to have a literary resemblance to Cain in its middle. In this city the people were of "one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them." (Moses 7:18-31.) Its something we usually only hear about from fringe pseudo-scholars who blame the phenomenon on extraterrestrials. The city of Uruk started sometime before 4000 BC. The first is that Cain was not sentenced to death for his crime of murder, some leniency can be seen in his sentence that may have been extended to him because of his age. Adam and his male successors, in the nine generations before Noah, fathered their first-born male at ages between approximately 160 and 200. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his sonEnoch. Shusterman, Neal. The city of Uruk was the largest city in the world at its height. are older, Eridu, located in what is today southeastern Iraq, was remembered by later Sumerians as the first city, with a degree of specialization among its citizens not seen before in other settlements. The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? In the English tradition Nod was sometimes described as a desert inhabited only by ferocious beasts or monsters. (In the Septuagint's rendering of the same verse God curses Cain to , "trembling". Although Enlil was the king of the gods, Enki was the keeper of the mes (sounds like mezz), decrees of the gods that formed the fundamental concepts and gifts of civilizationeverything from religious practices to social interaction to music. From the scriptures, we know that Enoch came east out of his homeland of Cainan to preach repentance unto the people. He was known as Enki to the Sumerians and Ea to the later Akkadians and Babylonians. Genesis mentions that Cains sixth generation included TubalCain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. In Eridu, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28,800 years. "Some authors carried the groaning and shaking interpretation over to Gen 4:16 when they commented on Cain's dwelling place. For . But when the Divine sentence was passed, basically divorcing Cain from the earth for life, cursing any attempts at farming, and making him a homeless exile, Cain responded with passionate pleading. Enoch and all who lived in Zion, his city, were so righteous that Heavenly Father took the whole city up into heaven. Thank you for your indepth analysis of this ages old story pastor Bill. It became a city of blood and vengeance. The Babylonian creation myth, the Enuma Elish, describes how everything on Earth came into being through the defeat of the chaos goddess Tiamat by Marduk, son of Enki/Ea, the chief god of Babylon. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch". (en) : an: Enoch [ink] . The city of the Whore eventually becomes a self-destructive enterprise. A later instance of this usage appears in the poem "The Land of Nod" by Robert Louis Stevenson from the A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) collection. God bless you and your family this Christmas as we remember the birth of the King of Kings. Image. It provides deep and powerful insights into crucial Restoration doctrines, particularly doctrines relating to the plan of salvation. I have Sumer as existing 6000BCE. Your theological questions answered right here on Quick Study Q&AEmail questions to questions@thestreamtv.comWEBSITE: . It's unclear where the City of Enoch was located. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the ancestor of . He was a rebellious youth who learned a hard lessonwe also show leniency in the modern world with youths who commit crime and they are not punished as severely as adults because they are young. The Apostle John sets Cain and Christ out as the only two alternative humanities. Hence the need felt by Moses to mention Cain's citSome people point out that there may be some linguistic similarities to names in Genesis: E-anna was a district in Uruk that centred around the temple to Inanna at Uruk. We are also further told that Cane and his Wife conceived and bore a Son called Enoch, and that Cain built a City, and called the City by the name of his Son Enoch. The first recorded use of the phrase to mean "sleep" comes from Jonathan Swift in his Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1737)[15] and Gulliver's Travels. The eldest son of Cain ( Genesis 4:17), who built a city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it "after the name of his son Enoch."This is the first "city" mentioned in Scripture. Enoch then built "the city of holiness, even Zion." (Moses 7:19.) The name of the one It's unclear where the City of Enoch was located. Paul's Letters to Galatia & Thessalonica, The risen Lord Jesus appears to his followers, Christ's Victory Parade & the New Covenant, 15. 19 Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second Zillah. And in the first year of the first week of the fifth jubilee, houses were built on the earth, and Cain built a city, and called its name after the name of his son Enoch.) As for their location now, it's quite possible the citizens of the City of Enoch still reside within it. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. Archaeologists who study the Ubaid culture agree that it spread from Eridu in southeast Iraq, eventually going as far as what is today northwest Iran, northern Syria, southern Turkey, and the Levant (Syria/Lebanon/Jordan/Israel). Answer:Adamthe man in the gardentook on the name of men and represented men in the scenario we see in the garden of Eden. This is what happened to the City of Enoch. To give you an idea of the incredible amount of time were dealing with, Enki ruled in Eridu for about 3,500 years before Marduk replaced Enlil at the head of the Mesopotamian pantheon, an event linked to Babylons emergence as the regions dominant power in the 18thcentury B.C. 12 Who were separated from the earth, and were received unto myself-a city reserved . The Lord's tender admonition seems the type that would be aimed at a child whose petulance couldn't be contained. | GotQuestions.org. Isaiah predicts the fall of Israel & Judah, Prophecies written before the fall of Jerusalem, Isaiah reassures King Ahaz of God's support, Troubled times and a glorious future kingdom, 40. He probably selected some fit spot for the acropolis, or citadel, to be the centre of his village; and as training is probably the earlier, and dedication the later meaning, Cain appears as a wise ruler, like Nimrod subsequently, rather than as a religious man. According to the Book of Jubilees 4:9, Enoch's mother/aunt was named Awan. Damien Mackey. Here the God estranged wanderer could settle in, take root and consider himself at home. The last word, Enoch, might be a later addition. We also know that Enoch did not preach to the Canaanites, a band of people responsible for the annihilation of the people of Shum (Moses 7:7). How to get right with God: By water or the Spirit? Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. Enoch is a person in the Book of Genesis. The Land of Nod (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans} ere-N) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden" (qima-en), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel.
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