Genesis 27:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God caused it to come to me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Isaac said to his son, “How could you find this so quickly, my son?” He said, “The LORD your God led me right to it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And again Isaac said to his son, "How were you able to find it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "It was the will of God, so that what I sought met with me quickly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And Isaac said to his son: How couldst thou find it so quickly, My son? He answered: It was the will of God what I sought came quickly in my way

Genesis 27:20 Cross References

Genesis 24:12

And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.

Genesis 27:21

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Job 13:7

Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.