'Started' in the Bible

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.

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

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.