Hosea 12:12

New International Version

Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”

Genesis 31:41

It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.

Hosea 4:15

“Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. “Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.