1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Hosea 12:12 | *Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife. Genesis 28:5. | Jacob. The history of the patriarch, and of his posterity, serves to place the ingratitude of the people in the clearest light. (Worthington) --- The prophet had interrupted the account of Jacob, (ver. 4.) who had signalized his piety in Galaad, Genesis 31:46. |