Hosea 12:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² “Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. In that place, Israel {\cf2\super [140]} worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Common English Bible

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Hosea 12:12 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 27:43

So, son, do what I say. My brother Laban is living in Haran. Go to him and hide.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you {14 years}. You know that I served you well.”

Genesis 31:41

I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [44]} But don’t let Judah be guilty. Don’t go to Gilgal {\cf2\super [45]} or go up to Beth-aven. {\cf2\super [46]} Don’t use the Lord’s name to make promises. Don’t say, ‘As the Lord lives …!’

Hosea 6:8

Gilead {\cf2\super [66]} is a city of people that do evil.\par People have tricked and killed other people.\par

Deuteronomy 26:5

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. [157] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.