Hosea 12:12

12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.

Hosea 12:12 In-Context

10 I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions. I taught lessons through the prophets."
11 The people of Gilead are evil. They are worthless. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. But their altars will become like piles of rubble beside a plowed field.
12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.
13 The LORD used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.
14 The people of Ephraim made the LORD bitter. He will hold them guilty of murder. The Lord will pay them back for their insults.
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