3. The Bible gives a hint at a deeper reality and structure within the universe, and that something had occurred resulting in a nearby land, called Nod, with people in it. Perhaps after the Fall, there was a change in the universe (multi-verse) that enabled people to emerge, sort of a blending of the time-line.
Before I posted
Message 7, I googled for "Land of Nod". Some of the references suggested that there might be a bit of a mistranslation here. It could actually be "land of wanderers" or "land of nomads". That's why I put my "Nod" comment in parentheses.
My own view is that Genesis is not a history. It was probably written based on an oral tradition from the early Jewish people. And oral traditions tend to be unreliable as histories.
My advice is to take Genesis as providing a spiritual message, but don't take it as a record of actual events.
I recognize that literalists will disagree with me. But there is too much in Genesis that cannot be literally correct. The creation story is incorrect. The flood story is incorrect. The meaning of "heaven" in Genesis 1 is not consistent with current Christian views. The Tower of Babel story is obviously wrong.