Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
Hosea 12:12 - Y'all Version Bible Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. 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 Laban, my brother, in Haran.
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.
“Although you, Israel, play the prostitute, do not let Judah become guilty. And both of y’all must not go to Gilgal, nor up to Beth Aven, And y’all must not swear, ‘As YHWH lives.’
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
You are to answer and say before YHWH your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt, and lived there as a foreigner with few others. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.