~ before it was ~ 01_GEN_02_05  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground. #, 02_EXO_12_34  And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. #, 11_1KI_06_07  And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer nor ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. #, 11_1KI_06_17  And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long]. #,