Hosea 12:12

New Living Translation

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.

Genesis 30:26

Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.”

Genesis 31:41

Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

Hosea 4:15

“Though you, Israel, are a prostitute, may Judah not be guilty of such things. Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven, and do not take oaths there in the Lord’s name.

Hosea 6:8

“Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.

Deuteronomy 26:5

“You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.