Enoch (son of Cain)
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According to the Book of Genesis, Enoch was a son of Cain, grandson of Adam, and father of Irad. 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 Awan [1]got pregnant and bore Cain's first child, which he named Enoch. The city Cain founded in the Land of Nod was named after his son. (Genesis 4:17)
Not to be confused with the Enoch who was an ancestor of Noah (Genesis 5:18).
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- ^ Jubilees 4:9
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