Hosea 12:12
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Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Jacob.

Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, hear my voice, arise and flee to Laban, my brother, to Haran:

Genesis 28:1-29:35 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: . . .

Deuteronomy 26:5 And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

Israel.

Genesis 32:27,28 And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob. . . .

served.

Genesis 29:18-28 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. . . .

Genesis 31:41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

Context
A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob
11If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field. 12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.13But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:5
And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bathuel, the Syrian, brother to Rebecca, his mother.

Genesis 29:18
And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.

Lexicon
Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

fled
וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (way·yiḇ·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

to the land
שְׂדֵ֣ה (śə·ḏêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

of Aram,
אֲרָ֑ם (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 758: Aram -- Syria

and Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

worked
וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד (way·ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

for a wife;
בְּאִשָּׁ֔ה (bə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

for a wife
וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה (ū·ḇə·’iš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

he tended [sheep].
שָׁמָֽר׃ (šā·mār)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to


Additional Translations
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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

And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.

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

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

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

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

And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
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