John 4:12

Surely you are not greater than Ya'akov Avinu who gave the matanah to us of the be'er (well) and drank from it himself as did his banim (sons) and his tzon (flock)?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

In Context

11The isha (woman) says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, you have no bucket and the be'er is deep. From where then do you have the Mayim Chayyim? + 4:11 Gn 21:19

13In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Everyone drinking from this mayim (water) will thirst again,

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 1 and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach Ben Dovid) + 53:2 Isa 11:1,10 , Sanhedrin93b out of a dry ground; 1 he hath no form nor comeliness; 1 and when we shall see him, 1 there is no beauty that we should desire + 53:2 Hag 2:7 him. 1

John 4:6Now a be'er (well) of Ya'akov was there. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having become weary from his journey was sitting there at the be'er. The sha'ah (hour, time) was about hashishit (the sixth, noon).

Hebrews 3:3Yet Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is considered worthy of more kavod than Moshe Rabbeinu, because more kavod has the Boneh (Builder) of the Beis than the Beis itself.

Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27

Christ at the Well of Samaria. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria… Read the whole commentary →

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