And it came to pass
(Hebr. vajehi) that Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah, daughter of the Aramean
Bethuel from
Paddan-Aram and sister of the Aramean Laban, as his wife.[This was the area around Haran in Upper Mesopotamia. Isaac lives to be 180 years old
(), which means that he still has 140 years left of his earthly life when he marries. In Jewish culture, men are around 18-20 and women are often 14-15 at the time of marriage, but life expectancy is 70-80 years.]