Hosea 12:12
King James Version (KJV)
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
World English Bible (WEB)
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
Hosea 12:12 Cross References
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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 populous: