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The Births of Esau and Jacob

19 This is the account of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham fathered Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he married[a] Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean[b] from Paddan-aram[c] and sister of Laban the Aramean.[d] 21 Later, Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the Lord responded to him—his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:20 Lit. took
  2. Genesis 25:20 In later centuries this region would be called Syria
  3. Genesis 25:20 Paddan-aram was located in northwest Mesopotamia
  4. Genesis 25:20 In later centuries this region would be called Syria