Genesis 25:20

forty years old P gives the age of Isaac at the time of his marriage with Rebekah, thirty-five years before Abraham's death (Genesis 25:8).

Bethuel P makes no mention here of Bethuel's being son of Nahor, the brother of Terah. The genealogy of J in Genesis 22:22 is ignored.

the Syrian Heb. Aramean, as in Genesis 28:5. Aram is mentioned in Genesis 10:22-23 (P), as the fifth of the sons of Shem.

Paddan-aram This is the name given in the P narrative for the country described as Aram-naharaimby J. See note on Genesis 24:10. Cf. Genesis 28:2; Genesis 28:5-7; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 35:9; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:15; Genesis 48:7 (Paddan), all from P. The word Paddanis Aramaic, and means probably "the field," modern Arabic feddân("acre"). In Assyrian padanu= "way" or "field," like Haran (Genesis 11:32). According to Hosea 12:12, "Jacob fled into the fieldof Aram," where "field" is the Heb. sâdeh, and denotes Haran, the country E. of Euphrates.

21 34 (J, E). This passage contains two short narratives, (1) the birth of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:21), (2) the sale of Esau's birthright (27 34).