Genesis 25:20 “and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of…”

Genesis 25:20

and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

American Standard Version

and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite.

Darby Translation

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

Young's Literal Translation

and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife.

Bible in Basic English

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

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Cross references

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Genesis 24:67 Genesis 22:23

Genesis 24:67 · BSB

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 22:23 · BSB

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

“the Syrian”

Genesis 24:29 Genesis 31:24 Deuteronomy 26:5 Genesis 31:18 Genesis 31:20 Genesis 35:9

Genesis 24:29 · BSB

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.

Genesis 31:24 · BSB

But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Deuteronomy 26:5 · BSB

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Genesis 31:18 · BSB

and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 31:20 · BSB

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

Genesis 35:9 · BSB

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,

21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Read Genesis 25