Hosea 12:12

New English Translation

Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 30:26

Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”

Genesis 31:41

This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you – fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

Hosea 4:15

Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.