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A cultivated district in Mesopotamia, in which was the city of Nahor, to which Terah and his family migrated from Ur of the Chaldees; and from whence Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel, the wives of Isaac and Jacob, were obtained. Genesis 25:20; Genesis 28:2-7; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:9,26; Genesis 46:15 . It is strictly Paddan-aram, signifying 'table land of Aram.' Mesopotamia is the translation of Padan-aram both in the LXX and the Vulgate. In Genesis 48:7 it is simply PADAN.
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Padan, Padanaram'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/p/padan--padanaram.html. 1897.
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Padan, Padanaram'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/p/padan--padanaram.html. 1897.
