'Started' in the Bible

Seven days later, the flooding started.

His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

Then Jacob got angry and started an argument with Laban. "What have I done?" he demanded. "What's my crime that would cause you to come pursue me so violently?

Then Esau said, “Let us get started on our journey and I will go in front of you [to lead the way].”

That day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Later, they set out from Beth-el. While still a long way from Ephrathah, Rachel started to have trouble giving birth.

But when I started to scream, he left his outer garment with me and ran outside."

the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.

Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.

But Joseph observed that his father had laid his right hand on Ephraim's head. That displeased him, so he grabbed his father's hand and started to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.