Hosea 12:12

The English Standar Version

Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 27:43

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

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you."

Genesis 31:41

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

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives."

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

Deuteronomy 26:5

"And you shall make response before the LORD your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.