land of Nod

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Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod .

From Time Magazine Archive

Ever dream of a few more hours each night in the land of Nod?

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Find her, however, they did; and in half an hour I was in the land of Nod.

From Hudson Bay by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Moses answers, "in the land of Nod," a name derived from its vagabond and unsettled inhabitant.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas