Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife; for a wife he tended sheep.
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Jacob.

Genesis 27:43
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 28:1-29:35
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. "Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women, " he commanded. . . .

Deuteronomy 26:5
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Israel.

Genesis 32:27, 28
"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob, " he replied. . . .

served.

Genesis 29:18-28
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." . . .

Genesis 31:41
Thus for twenty years I have served in your household--fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks--and you have changed my wages ten times!

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jacob fled to the land of Aram. 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.

NET Bible
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
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