And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
20. forty years old ] P gives the age of Isaac at the time of his marriage with Rebekah, thirty-five years before Abraham’s death ( Gen 25:8).
Bethuel ] P makes no mention here of Bethuel’s being son of Nahor, the brother of Terah. The genealogy of J in Gen 22:22 is ignored.
the Syrian ] Heb. Aramean, as in Gen 28:5. Aram is mentioned in Gen 10:22-23 (P), as the fifth of the sons of Shem.
Paddan-aram ] This is the name given in the P narrative for the country described as Aram-naharaim by J. See note on Gen 24:10. Cf. Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5-7, Gen 31:18, Gen 35:9; Gen 35:26, Gen 46:15, Gen 48:7 ( Paddan), all from P. The word Paddan is Aramaic, and means probably “the field,” modern Arabic feddn (= “acre”). In Assyrian padanu = “way” or “field,” like Haran (Gen 11:32). According to Hos 12:12, “Jacob fled into the field of Aram,” where “field” is the Heb. sdeh, and denotes Haran, the country E. of Euphrates.
21 34 (J, E). This passage contains two short narratives, (1) the birth of Jacob and Esau ( Gen 25:21-26), (2) the sale of Esau’s birthright (27 34).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram; either of the country of Syria, as it is called, Hos 12:12; or rather, Padan of Syria; or, as the Septuagint and Chaldee render it, Mesopotamia of Syria. For that Parian is the proper name of a place, may be gathered from Gen 48:7, and it is so called from its situation between two rivers, for Padan signifies a pair or two.
1857
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,…. Which was three years after the death of his mother; Isaac was born when she was ninety, and therefore must be thirty seven when she died. The Jews say Rebekah was but fourteen, though it is highly probable she was older; who is described as
the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of Padanaram; so called to distinguish it from other Arams, as Aram of Damascus, c. this seems to be the same with Aram Naharaim, or Mesopotamia, which lay between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris for Padan, as Jarchi observes from the Targum, signifies two; but rather, as he, and Aben Ezra, and others say, Padan in the Arabic language signifies a field; it here intends the field or country of Syria, as in Ho 12:12. Haran, in Syria or Mesopotamia, was the place where Bethuel and Laban lived, see
Ge 28:5. Some traces of Padan in Mesopotamia are thought to be in the cities of Aphphadana and Aphadana, which are placed by Ptolemy z in that country. Moreover, Rebekah is also said to be
the sister to Laban the Syrian, the son of Bethuel, who are both called Syrians, because they now lived in Syria: otherwise they were originally Chaldees, being descended from Nahor the brother of Abraham, who both were of Ur of the Chaldees; so Jacob is called a Syrian, because he lived long in the same place, De 26:5.
z Geograph. l. 5. c. 18.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 25:20 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.
Ver. 20. And Isaac was forty years old. ] He was not overhasty to marry in the heat of his youth: but by hard labour, ardent prayers, and pious meditations, kept under his body, and brought it into subjection, as St Paul likewise did. 1Co 9:27 “We are not debtors to the flesh”; Rom 8:12 we owe it nothing but stripes, nothing but the blue eye, that the apostle gave it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
am 2148, bc 1856
when he: Gen 22:23, Gen 24:67
the Syrian: Gen 24:29, Gen 28:5, Gen 28:6, Gen 31:18, Gen 31:20, Gen 31:24, Gen 35:9, Deu 26:5, Luk 4:27
Reciprocal: Gen 24:1 – was old Gen 25:26 – Isaac was Gen 28:2 – Padanaram Gen 29:1 – came Gen 33:18 – a city of Shechem Gen 35:26 – in Padanaram Gen 46:15 – Padanaram Gen 48:7 – Padan
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The Birth of Jacob and Esau
When Isaac was sixty, she bore two sons. The firstborn was red haired and hairy, who they named Esau. The second was born while clutching his brother’s heel. Thus, he was named Jacob, which means heel grabber. Esau grew up as a skillful hunter. Jacob grew up as a mild mannered man who dwelt in tents. Isaac loved Esau and Rebekah loved Jacob ( Gen 25:20-28 ).
Fuente: Gary Hampton Commentary on Selected Books
Gen 25:20. And Isaac was forty years old Not much is related concerning Isaac, but what had reference to his father, while he lived, and to his sons afterward; for Isaac seems not to have been a man of action, nor to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness and silence.