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

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