Hosea 12:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jacob escaped to Syria where he tended sheep to earn himself a wife.

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

Now listen carefully and do what I say. Go to the home of my brother Laban in Haran

Genesis 30:26

You know how hard I've worked for you, so let me take my wives and children and leave.”

Genesis 31:41

I had to work fourteen of these twenty long years to earn your two daughters and another six years to buy your sheep and goats. During that time you kept changing my wages.

Hosea 4:15

Israel, you are unfaithful, but don't lead Judah to sin. Stop worshipping at Gilgal or at sinful Bethel. And stop making promises in my name— the name of the living LORD.

Hosea 6:8

Everyone in Gilead is evil; your hands are stained with the blood of victims.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then, standing there in front of the place of worship, you must pray: My ancestor was homeless, an Aramean who went to live in Egypt. There were only a few in his family then, but they became great and powerful, a nation of many people.