Study it in the app“Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, as his wife.”
Isaacיִצְחָקwasוַיְהִיfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears oldבֶּן שָׁנָהwhenבְּhe tookקַחְתּוֹRebekah,אֶת רִבְקָהthe daughterבַּתof Bethuelבְּתוּאֵלthe Arameanהָאֲרַמִּיfrom Paddan-aram,מִפַּדַּן אֲרָםthe sisterאֲחוֹתof Labanלָבָןthe Aramean,הָאֲרַמִּיas hisלוֹwife.לְאִשָּׁה
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearsage
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kacht” appearsRebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsBethuel
Bethuel, son of Nahor and father of Rebekah and Laban; also a place.
Where else “betuel” appearsAramean
Aramean: from Aram, the region of Syria and northern Mesopotamia.
Where else “arami” appearsPaddan-aram
Paddan-aram, the plain of Aram in northern Mesopotamia, where Rebekah's family lived.
Where else “padan” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appearsLaban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears19These are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac.
20 · This verse (above)
21Isaac pleaded with YHWH on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and YHWH granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?
