"And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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:
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
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 country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
\12:11\Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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.