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

Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

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

Then he moved from there to the hill country 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 worshiped the Lord.

When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants.

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