Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the country of Aram,and Israel served to get a wife,and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

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In The King James Version

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

In Context

11If Gilead is wicked,surely they are worthless.In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

13By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up out of Egypt,and by a prophet he was preserved.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

Genesis 29:18Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

Genesis 32:27He said to him, "What is your name?"He said, "Jacob."

Hosea 4:15"Though you, Israel, play the prostitute,yet do not let Judah offend;and do not come to Gilgal,neither go up to Beth Aven,nor swear, 'As the Lord lives.'

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 →

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