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Genesis 27:20

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27:20But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world35 did you find it so quickly,36 my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,”37 he replied.38

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  1. 35 Heb “What is this?” The enclitic pronoun “this” adds emphasis to the question, which is comparable to the English rhetorical question, “How in the world?”
  2. 36 Heb “you hastened to find.” In translation the infinitive becomes the main verb and the first verb becomes adverbial.
  3. 37 Heb “caused to meet before me.”
  4. 38 Heb “and he said, ‘Because the Lord your God.…’ ” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”

He replied, “Because the Lord your God made it happen for me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Isaac said to his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because Yahweh your God caused me to find it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.