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Abraham became the father of Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham&#8217s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Isaac was the son of Abraham, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is the account of Abraham's son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is the story of Abraham's son Isaac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the account of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Abraham?s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham has begotten Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And these are births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these the generations of Isaak, son of Abraham: Abraham begetting Isaak.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, these are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham conceived Isaac,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These are the descendants of Isaac, son of Abraham; Abraham begot Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Isaac son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaaq:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the generations of Isaac the son of Abraam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/25-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=5889" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Jacob and Esau</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8435.htm" title="8435: tō·wl·ḏōṯ (N-fpc) -- Generations. Or toldah; from yalad; descent, i.e. Family; history.">is the account</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">of Abraham’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac.</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: hō·w·lîḏ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">became the father of</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac,</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a></span><br />But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-13</a></span><br />Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. / For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-18.htm">Hebrews 11:18</a></span><br />even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-67.htm">Genesis 24:67</a></span><br />And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-5</a></span><br />Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, / because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-14</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-28.htm">Galatians 4:28</a></span><br />Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a></span><br />The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-31.htm">Genesis 49:31</a></span><br />There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-28.htm">1 Chronicles 1:28</a></span><br />The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm">Matthew 1:2</a></span><br />Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Luke 3:34</a></span><br />the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-8.htm">Acts 7:8</a></span><br />Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a></span><br />I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/1-32.htm">1 Chronicles 1:32</a></b></br> Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm">Matthew 1:2</a></b></br> Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Luke 3:34</a></b></br> Which was <i>the son</i> of Jacob, which was <i>the son</i> of Isaac, which was <i>the son</i> of Abraham, which was <i>the son</i> of Thara, which was <i>the son</i> of Nachor,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Births</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">History</a> <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Records</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/genesis/26-7.htm">Account</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/numbers/26-29.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/48-6.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Births</a> <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">History</a> <a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Records</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">The sons of Abraham by Keturah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-5.htm">The division of his goods.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-7.htm">His age, death, and burial.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">God blesses Isaac.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">The generations of Ishmael.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-17.htm">His age and death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-22.htm">The children strive in her womb.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-24.htm">The birth of Esau and Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-27.htm">Their different characters and pursuits.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Esau sells his birthright.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac.</b><br>The phrase introduces the genealogy and narrative concerning Isaac, the son of Abraham. Isaac is a pivotal figure in the biblical narrative, representing the continuation of God's covenant with Abraham. This account marks a transition from the story of Abraham to that of his son, emphasizing the fulfillment of God's promises through successive generations. Isaac's life is significant as it sets the stage for the birth of Jacob and Esau, and ultimately the twelve tribes of Israel. The phrase "account of" is often used in Genesis to introduce a new section or genealogy, indicating a structured narrative.<p><b>Abraham became the father of Isaac,</b><br>This phrase underscores the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that he would have a son through Sarah, despite their old age. Isaac's birth is a testament to God's faithfulness and power, as it was a miraculous event given the circumstances. Abraham's fatherhood of Isaac is crucial for the lineage of the Israelites and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan. Isaac is a type of Christ in that he was the child of promise, and his near-sacrifice by Abraham on Mount Moriah prefigures the sacrifice of Jesus. The emphasis on Abraham as Isaac's father also highlights the importance of lineage and heritage in the biblical narrative, which is central to the identity of the Israelite people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelites, chosen by God to be the father of many nations. His faith and obedience are central themes in the biblical account.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac is a key figure in the lineage of the Israelites. His life represents the continuation of God's covenant with Abraham.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a></b><br>The divine promise made by God to Abraham, which is passed down to Isaac. This covenant includes the promise of land, descendants, and blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lineage_in_god's_plan.htm">The Importance of Lineage in God's Plan</a></b><br>God's promises often unfold through generations, emphasizing the importance of family and heritage in His divine plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_across_generations.htm">Faithfulness Across Generations</a></b><br>Just as Abraham was faithful, Isaac's life reminds us of the importance of maintaining faithfulness to God's promises across generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_choosing_his_people.htm">God's Sovereignty in Choosing His People</a></b><br>The selection of Isaac over Ishmael illustrates God's sovereign will in choosing those through whom He will fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_continuation_of_god's_covenant.htm">The Continuation of God's Covenant</a></b><br>The account of Isaac underscores the continuity of God's covenant, encouraging believers to trust in God's unchanging promises.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE T?LD?TH ISAAC</span> (<a href="/genesis/25-19.htm" title="And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:">Genesis 25:19</a> to <a href="/genesis/35-29.htm" title="And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.">Genesis 35:29</a>).<p><span class= "bld">THE BIRTH OF ISAAC'S SONS.<p>Abraham begat Isaac</span>--The <span class= "ital">Toldoth </span>in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his descent to Shem, and showing thereby that the right of primogeniture belonged to him; but the inspired historian uses only so much of this as is necessary for tracing the development of the Divine plan of human redemption.<p><span class= "bld">The Syrian.</span>--Really, <span class= "ital">the Aramean, </span>or descendant of Aram. (See <a href="/context/genesis/10-22.htm" title="The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.">Genesis 10:22-23</a>.) The name of the district also correctly is "Paddan-Ararn," and so far from being identical with Aram-Naharaim, in <a href="/genesis/24-10.htm" title="And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.">Genesis 24:10</a>, it is strictly the designation of the region immediately in the neighbourhood of Charran. The assertion of Gesenius that it meant "Mesopotamia, with the desert to the west of the Euphrates, in opposition to the mountainous district towards the Mediterranean," is devoid of proof. (See Chwolsohn, <span class= "ital">Die Ssabier, </span>1, p. 304.) In Syriac, the language of Charran, padana means a <span class= "ital">plough </span>(<a href="/1_samuel/13-20.htm" title="But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.">1Samuel 13:20</a>), or a <span class= "ital">yoke of oxen </span>( <a href="/1_samuel/11-7.htm" title="And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.">1Samuel 11:7</a>); and this also suggests that it was the cultivated district close to the town. In <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm" title="And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.">Hosea 12:12</a> it is said that "Jacob fled to the field of Aram;" but this is a very general description of the country in which he found refuge, and affords no basis for the assertion that Padan-aram was the level region. Finally, the assertion that it is an ancient name used by the Jehovist is an assertion only. It is the name of a special district, and the knowledge of it was the result of Jacob's long-continued stay there. Chwolsohn says that traces of the name still remain in Faddan and Tel Faddan, two places close to Charran, mentioned by Yacut, the Arabian geographer, who flourished in the thirteenth century. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son</span>. The usual formula for the opening of a new section (cf. <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Genesis 2:4</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Abraham begat Isaac</span>. A reiteration in perfect harmony not only with the style of the present narrative, but of ancient historiography in general; in this instance specially designed to connect the subsequent streams of Isaac's posterity with their original fountain-head in Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/25-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֛לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the account</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·wl·ḏōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8435.htm">Strong's 8435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Descent, family, history</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Abraham's</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abraham</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">became the father of</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹלִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·lîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָֽק׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 25:19 This is the history of the generations (Gen. 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