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Genesis 25:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. "

Genesis 25:20

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18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

19 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

21 Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22 The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of the LORD.

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Isaac

  • Abraham Abraham is the father of Isaac.
    Source: Genesis 21:3
    Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
    Read Genesis 21:3
  • Sarah Sarah is the mother of Isaac.
    Source: Genesis 21:3
    Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
    Read Genesis 21:3
  • Rebekah Isaac is the husband of Rebekah.
    Source: Genesis 25:20
    Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
    Read Genesis 25:20
  • Jacob Isaac is the father of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 25:26
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Esau Isaac is the father of Esau.
    Source: Genesis 25:25; Genesis 25:26
    The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
    Read Genesis 25:25
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26

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Rebekah

  • Isaac Isaac is the husband of Rebekah.
    Source: Genesis 25:20
    Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
    Read Genesis 25:20
  • Jacob Rebekah is the mother of Jacob.
    Source: Genesis 25:21; Genesis 25:26
    Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
    Read Genesis 25:21
    After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
    Read Genesis 25:26
  • Esau Rebekah is the mother of Esau.
    Source: Genesis 25:21; Genesis 25:25
    Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
    Read Genesis 25:21
    The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
    Read Genesis 25:25

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Genesis 24:67

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"Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death."

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Genesis 26:34

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"When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite."

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Romans 9:10

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"Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac."

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Tobit 4:12

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"Beware, my child, of all fornication, and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Don’t take a strange wife, who is not of your father’s tribe; for we are the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old time, all took wives of their kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed will inherit the land."

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Tobit 7:13

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"And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife of Tobias, and said, “Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father.” And he blessed them."

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Judith 8:26

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"Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother."

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Genesis 25:1

"Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah."

Genesis 25:2

"She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah."

Genesis 25:3

"Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim."

Genesis 25:4

"The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah."

Genesis 25:5

"Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,"

Genesis 25:6

"but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country."

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