Hosea 12:12

Legacy Standard Bible

¹²Now ^(A)Jacob fled to the field of Aram,
And ^(B)Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.

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Hosea 12:12

New English Translation

Jacob in Aram, Israel in Egypt, and Ephraim in Trouble

¹²Jacob fled to the country of Aram,
then Israel worked^[a] to acquire a wife;
he tended sheep to pay for her.

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Footnotes

Hosea 12:12 tn Heb “served” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “earned a wife.”

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