Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because the LORD your God gave me success.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 27:20 in context
Genesis 27:17–23
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She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
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He came to his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
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Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”
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Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because the LORD your God gave me success.”
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Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
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Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
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He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
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