'Former' in the Bible

I will make a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them so that they can dwell {in their own place}. They will not tremble [any] longer, and the children of wickedness will not afflict them again, as in the former days.

Then she said, "In former times, {they would always say}, 'By all means, let them inquire in Abel,' and so they settled things.