kenisyes : You can consult Gen, 1:26-31 all you want, the answer is not there, because Gen 2:8 says after He made them, He put them in the garden.
nathan3:
I am not sure why, anyone would connecting Gen 1: 26-31 ( the 6th day peoples ) with Gen 2: 8 ( where Adam and Even are Created ) It shows : Adam and Eve were created the day after the 7th.
kenisyes : Does "them" apply to all, or only some? Did the residents of Nod, start out as Adam and Eve's children or not? Where does it say Cain did not have his wife until after he had gone to Nod?
nathan3:The "them " in which verse ?
The residents of Nod started before Adam & Ev.That land was named after some one named Nod : so they couldn't have been from Adam and Eve's children: you won't find Nod in the genealogies of Adam & Eve.
Cain very well could have had his wife before entering into his wandering or exile, or land of Nod ( which; was on the east of Eden ). .But since he new of the land ( of which was named after peoples already ) it is possible he got his wife from said land or not. But you know why already I believe there were peoples other then Adam & Eve.
kenisyes :None of this is settled by that passage where you claim it is, as that passage covers only the making of man, not where he ended up.
nathan3: Why would it matter ;were they ended up & settled ? Earth is big, they could have settled anywhere God wanted them. ( That passage you say nothing is settled in my eyes settles it all )
The garden of God was on earth, but not the only place on earth . God said He gave the 6th day peoples land, animals plants herbs. etc. He blessed them, and told them to multiply and replenish the earth: That was the 6th day... He rested the 7th which no work was done. It was after that; that He created Adam and Eve and that anyone can plainly read, no matter how many so-called teachers/preachers try to ignore that passage.
kenisyes :You can interpret that passage either way.
The answer about Nod is in Gen. 4:16-17 if it is anywhere, and Gill says the Jews disagree with you, quoting Pirke Eliezar. There is no mention of any residents in the land of Nod. In fact, "Nod" means "vagrancy". It could just be an idiomatic expression for the fact that Cain was homeless.
nathan3: You can take the word Nod to mean that sure, it does translate to vagrancy . But even that, can not dismiss the clear fact that God created people before Adam and Eve - ( Gen 1 : 26-31 ) I hope people stop ignoring that place in the Bible.