

In Genesis, it is interesting that the builders “moved eastward” or “journeyed eastward” (NAS) (miqqedem)
Consider the following:
Genesis 3:24 – driven from the garden, Adam & Eve went to a land “eastward” from the garden
Genesis 4:16 – Cain was cast out from the presence of God and dwelled in a land “east of Eden”
Genesis 13:10-12 – Lot divided from Abraham and sought a land “like the garden of the Lord” and moved “toward the east”