Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hosea 12:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hosea 12:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hosea 12:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Hosea, Jacob ran away to a far place called Syria, where he worked very hard taking care of sheep to marry someone he loved. This story shows how he was willing to do a lot to be with the person he cared about.

Hosea 12:12: And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].

Contradiction with Genesis 29:20

Genesis 29:20 states Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed unto him but a few days, contrasting Hosea 12:12's implication of Jacob's labor as burdensome and lengthy.

Genesis 29:20: And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.

Contradiction with Genesis 31:41

This verse implies that Jacob labored for twenty years due to distress and change of wages, conflicting with Hosea 12:12's focus on only shepherding for a wife.

Genesis 31:41: 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.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 26:5

Describing Jacob as a "Syrian ready to perish" in Deuteronomy 26:5 differs from the prosperous and purposeful image of Jacob's servitude and prosperity in Hosea 12:12.

Deuteronomy 26:5: 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:
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