Reference: Padan-aram

The plains of Aram or Syria, Ge 25:20; 28:2; 31:18, or simply PADAN, Ge 48:7, the plain, in distinction from the "mountains" of Aram Nu 23:7. See MESOPOTAMIA, and SYRIA.

the plain of Aram, or the plain of the highlands, (Ge 25:20; 28:2,5-7; 31:18, etc.), commonly regarded as the district of Mesopotamia (q.v.) lying around Haran.

PADAN-ARAM, called also Sedan-Aram in Hosea; both names denoting Aram or Syria the fruitful, or cultivated, and apply to the northern part of Mesopotamia, in which Haran or Charran was situated. See MESOPOTAMIA.