Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
New American Standard Bible
And
And for a wife he kept sheep.
King James Version
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Holman Bible
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.
International Standard Version
Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.
A Conservative Version
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
American Standard Version
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept'sheep .
Amplified
Now Jacob (Israel) fled into the open country of Aram (Paddan-aram),
And [there] Israel (Jacob) worked and served for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will flee to the field of Aram, and Israel will serve for a wife, and for a wife he watched.
King James 2000
And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jacob fled [to] the open field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he watched over [sheep].
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
NET Bible
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
New Heart English Bible
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
The Emphasized Bible
When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
Webster
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
Themes
jacob » Esau seeks to kill, escapes to padan-aram
jacob » Serves fourteen years for leah and rachel
Interlinear
`abad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Indictment Of Jacob's Heirs
11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field. 12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. 13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
Genesis 28:1-22
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 29:18-28
Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
Genesis 31:41
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.
Genesis 32:27-28
He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
Deuteronomy 26:5
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.