Hosea 12:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There Israel worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.

Cross References

Genesis 31:41

I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.

Genesis 27:43

So, son, do what I say. My brother Laban is living in Haran. Go to him and hide.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you. You know that I served you well.”

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, just because you act like a prostitute doesn’t mean that Judah should feel guilty too. People, don’t go to Gilgal or Beth Aven. Don’t use the Lord’s name to make promises. Don’t say, ‘As the Lord lives …!’

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of people who do evil— people who have tricked and killed others.