'Whereas' in the Bible

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

You are different from [other] women in your prostitution, in that no one follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.

He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:

The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.