'Previous' in the Bible

For ask the previous generation,and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

It came about that after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.