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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PADDAN-ARAM

pad'-an-a'-ram or p.-ar'-am (paddan 'aram; Septuagint Mesopotamia tes Surias; the King James Version Padan-aram): In Genesis 48:7, Paddan stands alone, but as the Septuagint, Sam, and Peshitta read "Aram" also, it must in this verse have dropped out of the Massoretic Text. In the time of Abraham, padanu occurs on the Babylonian contract-tablets as a land measure, to which we may compare the Arabic feddan or "ox-gang." In the Assyrian syllabaries it is the equivalent of iklu, "a field," so that Paddan-aram would mean "the field of Aram," and with this we may compare Hosea 12:12 (Hebrew 12:13) and the use of the Hebrew sadheh in connection with Moab and Edom (Judges 5:4 Ruth 1:6).

Furthermore, [`padanu] and harranu are given as synonyms with the meaning of "road."

Paddan-aram occurs only in the Priestly Code (P), but it corresponds to the "Haran" of the older documents. The versions agree in translating both as Mesopotamia, and identify with the home of the patriarchs and the scene of Jacob's exile the district of Haran to the East of the Upper Euphrates valley. More in harmony with the length of Jacob's flight, as indicated by the time given (Genesis 31:22, 23), is Harran-el-`Awamid, an ancient site 10 miles to the East of Damascus, which satisfies all the demands of history.

See ARAM.

W.M. Christie

Strong's Hebrew

6307. Paddan -- the place where Rachel died
Paddan or Paddan Aram. 6306b, 6307. Paddan or Paddan Aram. 6308 . the
place where Rachel died. Transliteration: Paddan or Paddan ...
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Library

Chapter xxviii
... Up, go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take a wife
to thyself from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother. ...
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Chapter xxxiii
... And Jacob arrived safe and sound at the city of Shechem, which is in the land of
Canaan, upon his return from Paddan-Aram, and he encamped in front of the city ...
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Chapter xxxv
... point of view is that Jacob is to be regarded as still on his way home from
Paddan-Aram. ... These are the sons of Jacob which were born to him in PaddanAram. ...
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Chapter xxxi
... he drove away all his cattle and all his substance which he had acquired, the cattle
constituting his property which he had acquired in Paddan Aram, in order ...
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Chapter xlviii
... had anticipated further issue, had died prematurely at Ephrathah"Bethlehem"at the
time of the return of the family from Paddan (usually called Paddan-Aram ...
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Chapter xxxiv
... point of view is that Jacob is to be regarded as still on his way home from
Paddan-Aram. ... These are the sons of Jacob which were born to him in PaddanAram. ...
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Chapter xlvi
... And the sons of Zebulon: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. These are the descendants of
Leah whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram"and Dinah, her daughter. ...
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Chapter xxvi
... God Almighty") v. Genesis 27:3, 'elohîm ("God") v. Genesis 27:4; ha'arammî ("the
Aramaean, or the Syrian") verse Genesis 27:5; paddan aram v. Genesis 27:2, 5 ...
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Thesaurus

Paddanaram
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PADDAN-ARAM. pad'-an-a'-ram or p.-ar'-am
(paddan 'aram; Septuagint Mesopotamia tes Surias; the King ...
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Paddan-aram (10 Occurrences)
Paddan-aram. Paddanaram, Paddan-aram. Paddle . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ...
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV). Paddanaram, Paddan-aram. Paddle . Reference
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Paddan (11 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of PaddanAram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife ...
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Aram (130 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of PaddanAram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife ...
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Bethu'el (10 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 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 ...
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Bethuel (10 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of PaddanAram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife ...
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Laban (52 Occurrences)
... 11:31; Genesis 12:5). Since Haran, and the region about it where his flocks fed,
belonged to the district called Aram (see PADDAN-ARAM; MESOPOTAMIA), Laban is ...
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Aramaean (13 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 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 ...
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Aramean (17 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 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 ...
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Syrian (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of PaddanAram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife ...
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Bible Concordance

Paddan-aram (10 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:20 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.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 28:2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, 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.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 28:6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 35:26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Paddan-Aram

Related Terms

Paddan-aram (10 Occurrences)

Paddan (11 Occurrences)

Aram (130 Occurrences)

Bethu'el (10 Occurrences)

Bethuel (10 Occurrences)

Laban (52 Occurrences)

Aramaean (13 Occurrences)

Aramean (17 Occurrences)

Syrian (12 Occurrences)