The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.

The name of the third river is the Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

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

As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh.

After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

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

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

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

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

Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.