'First' in the Bible

God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.

The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."

He instructed the servant leading the first herd, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?'

You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."

While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.

They said, "My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since.