Parallel Verses
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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
Is there wickedness (idolatry) in Gilead?
Surely the people there are worthless.
In Gilgal [they defy Me when] they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, [after My judgment] their [pagan] altars are like the stone heaps
In the furrows of the fields.
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.
And by a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet Israel was preserved.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
So now, my son, listen and do what I say; go, escape to my brother Laban in Haran!
Genesis 28:1-22
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.
Genesis 29:18-28
Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you [as a hired workman] for seven years [in return] for [the privilege of marrying] 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 [my share of] your flocks, and you have
Genesis 32:27-28
So He asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 26:5
And you shall say before the Lord your God, ‘My father [Jacob] was a wandering Aramean, and he [along with his family] went down to Egypt and