LXX Concordance for ἀρχὴν

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph's house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

They said, “My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering[fn] at the turn of the agricultural year.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families,[fn] counting the names of every male one by one.

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral families and their clans.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families[fn] of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel's army.”

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah ​— ​a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel ​— ​along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

They refused to listen

and did not remember your wonders

you performed among them.

They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader

to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn]

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,

and you did not abandon them.

“The LORD acquired[fn] me

at the beginning of his creation,[fn]

before his works of long ago.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

No head or tail, palm or reed,

will be able to do anything for Egypt.

“I was the first to say to Zion,[fn]

‘Look! Here they are! '

And I gave Jerusalem a herald with good news.

Therefore look, the days are coming —

this is the LORD's declaration —

when I will make the shout of battle heard

against Rabbah of the Ammonites.

It will become a desolate mound,

and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.

Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,

says the LORD.

“This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people[fn] who descend to the Pit.

“But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away, to be completely destroyed forever.

And the Judeans and the Israelites

will be gathered together.

They will appoint for themselves a single ruler

and go up from[fn] the land.

For the day of Jezreel will be great.