# forty years old

"40 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# when he took as his wife [Rebekah](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/rebekah)

"when he married [Rebekah](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/rebekah)"

# Bethuel

Bethuel was [Rebekah](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/rebekah)'s father. See how you translated this name in [Genesis 22:22](../22/20.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Paddan [Aram](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/aram)

This was another name for the region of Mesopotamia, which about the same location as modern Iraq. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])