"Paddan Aram" and "Haran" may be dialectical variations regarding the same locality as paddanū and harranū are synonyms for "road" or "caravan route" in Akkadian.
Adherents of the documentary hypothesis often attribute most of these verses to the priestly source[5][6][7] and the remainder to a later redactor.
Abraham's nephew Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milcah, and father of Laban and Rebecca, lived in Padan-aram.
[4] There Jacob worked for Laban, fathered eleven sons and daughter, Dinah, (Gen. 35:22–26; 46:15), and amassed livestock and wealth.
In the Midrash, Isaac bar Judah taught that the people of Padan-aram were rogues and Rebekah was like a lily among the thorns.