Paddan, Paddan-Aram

PADDAN, PADDAN-ARAM (the former in Gen 48:7 only).—The name used hy P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] for the region (or a part of it) designated by J [Note: Jahwist.] Aram-Naharaim (see Aram): see Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5; Gen 28:7; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15. Padanu in Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] denotes a measure of land (cf. ‘field of Aram’ in Hos 12:12).