Hosea 12:12

New King James Version

Jacob fled to the country of Syria; Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife he tended sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 31:41

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

Genesis 27:43

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Genesis 30:26

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

Hosea 4:15

“Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’—

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood.