East of Eden

I've never read the book "East of Eden." Perhaps I'll look it up, now that I see "East of Eden" (and just plain "East") as a recurrent theme in the Bible.

Gen 3:24 - 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.

Gen 4:16 - So Cain went out from the Lord's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Abraham was the first person mentioned in the Bible to travel west

Gen 13:11a - So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company

The following two are about the construction and layout of the tabernacle:


Ex 36:27 -They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
The front of the tabernacle was to the East. The priests walked from east to west to approach the Lord.

Lev 1:16 - He is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, where the ashes are.
The discard was cast out to the east.