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Genesis 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.

KJV

qui cum quadraginta esset annorum, duxit uxorem Rebeccam filiam Bathuelis Syri de Mesopotamia, sororem Laban.

Vulgate

ἦν δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὅτε ἔλαβεν τὴν Ῥεβέκκαν θυγατέρα Βαθουὴλ τοῦ Σύρου ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας, ἀδελφὴν Λαβὰν τοῦ Σύρου, ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֤י יִצְחָק֙ בֶּן אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּ/קַחְתּ֣/וֹ אֶת רִבְקָ֗ה בַּת בְּתוּאֵל֙ הָֽ/אֲרַמִּ֔י מִ/פַּדַּ֖ן אֲרָ֑ם אֲח֛וֹת לָבָ֥ן הָ/אֲרַמִּ֖י ל֥/וֹ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People IsaacRebekahBethuelLaban

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרַמִּי֙
'rmy
noun · 11×
אֲרָ֑ם
'rm
proper_noun · 21×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
בְּתוּאֵל֙
btv'l
proper_noun · 10×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 119×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
לָבָ֖ן
lbn
proper_noun · 55×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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
  • Deut 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
  • Gen 22:23 — And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
  • Gen 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
  • Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • Gen 28:2 — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
  • Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 33:18 — And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
  • Gen 35:26 — And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.