Genesis 4:16

RBT Translation:

And Spearhead is going out from-to the faces¹⁸² of Yahweh, and he is sitting in the Earth of Wandering¹⁸³ in front [east] of Eden.

RBT Paraphrase:
And Spearhead is going out from and to the faces of Yahweh, and he is sitting in the Earth of Wandering in front [east] of Delight.

LITV Translation:
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah. And he lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

ESV Translation:
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Eden.

Footnotes

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Hebrew מִלִּפְנֵ֣י, milipne. Plural faces with a double prefix, from-to. There is a saying,

“From-out of ourselves they went out, except not they were from-out of ourselves, for if from-out of ourselves they were, they would have remained with ourselves, except so that it might be manifested that they are not the whole from-out of ourselves.” 1 John 2:19 literal

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To Sit/Abide

in the Earth of Wandering/Vagabond. Hebrew be-eretz nowd. Typically translated Land of Nod. The word is the same with which Cain was cursed in verse 12, a Wanderer/Vagrant that is, he wanders like a reed in a stream wherever it flows, to and fro, fluttering in the wind (Strong’s #5110). The word to sit is one that represents many prophetic concepts. It is a basic and common word used over 1000 times and as such is interpreted figuratively in a variety of ways, to sit, remain, dwell, abide (Strong’s #3427, yashab). It does not always imply a physical place:

“your sitting [yashab] is in the midst of deceit” Jer. 9:6
for truly elohim sits [yashab] near Adam upon the Earth! Behold, the dual-heavens, and the dual-heavens [think offspring] of the dual-heavens, do not measure Thee, how much less this house that I have built? 2 Chron. 6:18 literal

The term invokes an idea of unity or identification with the “place”, hence abiding, a.k.a. inhabitant. This provides important context for the teachings of Jesus on abiding as well as his directing people to sit down in enigmatic scenes. Carefully ponder these masculine singular participle forms:

“Be not afraid, my people, he-who-sits [yosheb] Zion” Isa. 10:24 literal

“he-who-sits [yosheb] in the Dual-Heavens laughs” Ps. 2:4 literal
“Yahweh of Armies, elohe of Israel, he-who-sits [yosheb] the Cherubs…” Isa. 37:16 literal

“…see, now, myself is he-who-sits [yosheb] in the house of the cedar-ones, and the chest of the Elohim is he-who-sits [yosheb] in the middle of the Curtain.” 2 Sam. 7:2 literal