Hosea 12:13
\12:12\And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 28:2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Exodus 12:50So the children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses and Aaron.
Deuteronomy 26:5And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
Psalms 77:20\77:19\Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.
Hosea 13:4But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
Micah 6:4For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:8-14
Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. ( b. c. 723.) 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used… Read the whole commentary →