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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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Isaiah 48:12
¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 48:12 · retained source text

¶ Hearken vnto me, O Iacob, and Israel my called; I am hee, I am the first, I also am the last.

1611 marginal noteChap. 41.4. and 44.6. reuel.1.17. and 22.13.

Isaiah 60:9
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:9 · retained source text

Surely the yles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sonnes from farre, their siluer and their gold with them, vnto the Name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

1611 marginal noteGal. 4.26

Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:31 · retained source text

For I haue heard a voice as of a woman in trauel, and the anguish as of her that bringeth foorth her first childe, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth her selfe, that spreadeth her hands, saying; Woe is me now, for my soule is wearied because of murderers.

Jeremiah 7:12
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:12 · retained source text

But goe yee now vnto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my Name at the first, and see what I did to it, for the wickednesse of my people Israel.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.4.11. psal.78.60. chap. 26.6.

Jeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:18 · retained source text

And first I will recompense their iniquitie, and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my land, they haue filled mine inheritance with the carkeises of their detestable and abominable things.

Jeremiah 24:2
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:2 · retained source text

One basket had very good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figges, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for badnesse.

Jeremiah 25:1
THE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:1 · retained source text

¶ The word that came to Ieremiah concerning all the people of Iudah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, that was the first yeere of Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon:

Jeremiah 33:7
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:7 · retained source text

And I will cause the captiuitie of Iudah, and the captiuitie of Israel to returne, and will build them as at the first.

Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:11 · retained source text

The voyce of ioy and the voyce of gladnesse, the voyce of the bridegroome, and the voyce of the bride, the voyce of them that shall say; Praise the LORD of hostes, for the LORD is good, for his mercy endureth for euer, and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD; for I will cause to returne the captiuitie of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.34. and 16.19.

Jeremiah 36:28
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:28 · retained source text

Take thee againe another roule, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roule, which Iehoiakim the king of Iudah hath burnt.

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Before anything else in time, proceeding, place, or progression.

volume 1, leaf 764, column 2 (main_dictionary)