Genesis 25:19-20

Genesis 25:19-20

[19] And these are the generations  of Isaac,  Abraham's  son:  Abraham  begat  Isaac:  [20] And Isaac  was forty  years  old  when he took  Rebekah  to wife,  the daughter  of Bethuel  the Syrian  of Padanaram,  the sister  to Laban  the Syrian. 

What does Genesis 25:19-20 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Paddan-aram means "the flat (land) of Aram." Aram was the area near Haran. People from this region became known as Arameans, and later the Greeks called them Syrians. Bethuel was a semi-nomadic herdsman, and he probably lived in the open fields at least part of the year.