# Paddan Aram

## Facts:

Paddan Aram was the name of a region where Abraham’s family lived before moving to the land of Canaan. It means “plain of Aram.”

* When Abraham left Haran in Paddan Aram to travel to the land of Canaan, most of the rest of his family stayed behind in Haran.
* Many years later, Abraham’s servant went to Paddan Aram to find a wife for Isaac among his relatives there and found Rebekah, grand-daughter of Bethuel.
* Isaac and Rebekah’s son Jacob also traveled to Paddan Aram and married two daughters of Rebekah’s brother Laban who was living in Haran.
* Aram, Paddan-Aram, and Aram-Nahariam were all part of the same region that is now where the modern-day country of Syria is located.
 

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(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [Aram](../names/aram.md), [Bethuel](../names/bethuel.md), [Canaan](../names/canaan.md), [Haran](../names/haran.md), [Jacob](../names/jacob.md), [Laban](../names/laban.md), [Rebekah](../names/rebekah.md), [Syria](../names/syria.md))

## Bible References:

* [Genesis 28:02](rc://en/tn/help/gen/28/02)
* [Genesis 35:09](rc://en/tn/help/gen/35/09)
* [Genesis 46:12-15](rc://en/tn/help/gen/46/12)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H6307
