Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them.

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram

Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.

After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.

The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.

So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,

On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide.

The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide.

He is to remove the crop and the feathers and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are.

On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

Then Balaam spoke his message: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’