“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.”
Genesis 25:20
BSBGo deeper on this verse (3)
- Jacob and Esau: God Spoke Before the Twins Were Born (Genesis 25:19–26)
- Why Jacob's Name Was a Warning Israel Had to Hear (Genesis 25:19–26)
Connection with Rebekah's Aramean family
Israel's confession of faith called Jacob a wandering Aramean (Deuteronomy 26:5), and this verse shows why: his mother Rebekah came from an Aramean family. When Israel heard an Aramean family bless their mother on her way out of Aram, they were hearing about their own beginning.
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