Paddan Aram or Padan-aram was an early Aramean kingdom in Mesopotamia. Paddan Aram in Aramaic means the field of Aram.The name may correspond to the Hebrew `sedeh Aram,” or `field of Aram.” (Rashi to Gen. 25:20; e.g., Hos. 12:13.) The city of Harran, where Abraham and his father Terah settled after leaving Ur of the Chaldees, while en rout...