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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.
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A 20-Year Wait of Faith
Commentators highlight that Isaac was 40 at his marriage but 60 when his sons were born. This 20-year wait for the promised heir was not a sign of failure but a trial of faith. It prompted Isaac to pray earnestly, demonstrating that God's promises are often fulfilled through seasons of patient waiting and persistent prayer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”
עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, &c.] Which was three years after the death of his mother; Isa…
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Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents, after being long c…
