Genesis 25:20-21

20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram^[a] and sister of Laban the Aramean.

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 25:20-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

Cross References

• 1. ver 26; Genesis 26:34; Genesis 35:28
• 2. S Genesis 24:67
• 3. S Genesis 22:22
• 4. Ge 28:2,5,6; Genesis 30:20; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:9,26; Genesis 46:15; Genesis 48:7
• 5. S Genesis 24:29
• 6. Genesis 31:20,24; Deuteronomy 26:5
• 7. S Genesis 11:30
• 8. Genesis 30:17,22; 1 Samuel 1:17,23; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Psalms 127:3; Romans 9:10

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, Northwest Mesopotamia