Verse

Genesis 25:20

ESV and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
NIV and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
NASB and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
CSB Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
NLT When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
KJV 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 25:20 mean?

This verse summarizes the events of Genesis 24, in which Abraham's servant travelled to the land of his people to find a wife for Isaac. We now learn that Abraham's people are Aramean. This family lived in the town named for Abraham's brother Nahor (Genesis 22:20–24), which was in the northern Mesopotamian region of Paddan-aram. Rebekah's father Bethuel and brother Laban are mentioned specifically. Later, Jacob will travel to Paddan-aram and become associated with Rebekah's brother Laban.

Isaac married Rebekah when he was 40, about 35 years before the death of Abraham (Genesis 17:17; 25:7).
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