Genesis 25:20-21

20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took ¹Rebekah, the ²daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ³sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and ⁴the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife ⁵conceived.

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. Gen 24:15, 29, 67
• 2. Genesis 22:23
• 3. Genesis 24:29
• 4. 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Psalms 127:3
• 5. Romans 9:10

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Syrian
• [b]. I.e. Syrian
• [c]. Lit "was entreated of him"