'Began' in the Bible

And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Jehovah.

And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.