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Hosea 12:12

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

KJV

Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν Ἰακὼβ εἰς πεδίον Συρίας, καὶ ἐδούλευσεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν γυναικί, καὶ ἐν γυναικὶ ἐφυλάξατο.

LXX

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

ASV

אִם גִּלְעָ֥ד אָ֨וֶן֙ אַךְ שָׁ֣וְא הָי֔וּ בַּ/גִּלְגָּ֖ל שְׁוָרִ֣ים זִבֵּ֑חוּ גַּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹתָ/ם֙ כְּ/גַלִּ֔ים עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי

Hebrew

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People JacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
גִּלְגָּ֔ל
glgl
proper_noun · 41×
גִּלְעָֽד
gl'd
proper_noun · 134×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֥וֹר
shvr
noun · 77×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תַּלְמֵ֥י
tlmy
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles. Today, for instance, here is n…

Cross-references

  • Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
  • Gen 28:2 — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
  • Gen 29:1 — Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
  • Gen 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 29:20 — And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
  • Gen 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
  • Gen 30:26 — 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.
  • Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
  • Gen 31:41 — Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
  • Prov 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.