Village of Enoch

According to Genesis 4:16–17, after Abel's murder Cain settled in the land of Nod, "east of Eden", and built a city that he named after his son Enoch (Hanokh), the first city mentioned in the Bible. The passage then traces Cain's line through Irad, Mehujael, Methushael and Lamech, who took two wives, Adah and Zillah. Their children are credited with the first crafts: Jabal, ancestor of tent-dwelling herdsmen; Jubal, ancestor of all who play the lyre and pipe; Tubal-cain, who forged tools of bronze and iron; and a daughter, Naamah.

The account gives no location, size or building details, and no archaeological site has been identified with it; by modern standards such a "city" may have been little more than a walled settlement of one extended family. What the text does is tie the beginnings of urban life, herding, music and metalworking to Cain's descendants. This Enoch, son of Cain, is a different figure from Enoch son of Jared, who "walked with God" (Genesis 5:24).