Hosea 12:12

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Jacob fled into the open country of Aram or Padan-aram, and [there] Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep. [Gen. 29:18-20; 30:31; 31:38-41.]

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

So now, my son, do what I tell you; arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran;

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the work which I have done for you.

Genesis 31:41

I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks; and you have changed my wages ten times.

Hosea 4:15

Though you, Israel, play the harlot and worship idols, let not Judah offend and become guilty; come not to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven [contemptuous reference to Bethel, then noted for idolatry], nor swear [in idolatrous service, saying], As the Lord lives.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is tracked with bloody [footprints].

Deuteronomy 26:5

And you shall say before the Lord your God, A wandering and lost Aramean ready to perish was my father [Jacob], and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous.