Hosea 12:12
“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Cross-References
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.”
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”
“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.”
“And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”
“Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.”