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Genesis 25:20

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,.... Which was three years after the death of his mother; Isaac was born when she was ninety, and therefore must be thirty seven when she…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 25:19-34

- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛êśâv, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב ya‛ăqôb, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the heel.” 27. תם…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 25:19-28

We have here an account of the birth of Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah: their entrance into the world was (which is not usual) one of the most considerable parts of their story;…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

forty years old P gives the age of Isaac at the time of his marriage with Rebekah, thirty-five years before Abraham's death (Gen 25:25).

Bethuel P makes no mention here of Bethuel's being son of…