Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Lavan, my brother, in Charan.
Hosea 12:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Ya`akov fled into the country of Aram, and Yisra'el served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jacob fled into the open country of Aram or Padan-aram, and [there] Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep. [Gen. 29:18-20; 30:31; 31:38-41.] American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Common English Bible Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch over livestock. Catholic Public Domain Version Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife. |
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Lavan, my brother, in Charan.
Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.*
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.
*Though you, Yisra'el, play the prostitute, yet don't let Yehudah offend; and don't come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beit-Aven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'
Gil`ad is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.