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Genesis 25:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.


Genesis 25:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:2018 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
בֶּןbenSon
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּקַחְתּוֹbəqaḥətwōIn take
אֶתʾet
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
בַּתbatDaughter
בְּתוּאֵלbətûʾēlBethuel
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
מִפַּדַּןmipadanFrom
אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
בֶּןbenSon
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
בְּקַחְתּוֹbəqaḥətwōIn take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
בַּתbatDaughter
בְּתוּאֵלbətûʾēlBethuel
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
מִפַּדַּןmipadanFrom
אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
לָבָןlāvānLaban
הָאֲרַמִּיhāʾăramîThe Aramite
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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