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Place

Paddan

Named in 1 verse, first in Genesis 48:7.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Paddan-aram.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • Genesis 48:7

    Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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A plain, occurring only in Gen. 48:7, where it designates Padan-aram.

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