JACOB'S WELL
AS JESUS JOURNEYED from Judea to Galilee, He passed through Samaria. As He traveled through that country, He came to the city of Sychar, which was part of the parcel of land given by the patriarch Jacob to His son Joseph. In this location was Jacob’s well, which still exists to this day. The group stopped at the well, and Jesus sat down to rest from the journey while His disciples went into the town to buy provisions. As Jesus sat there on the well, there came a Samaritan woman to draw water from the well. Jesus, looking at her, said, “Give Me to drink.” (John 4:7). The woman, surprised that a Jew would speak to her, said, “How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” (John 4:9). Jesus’ response transcended the simple conversation that they were having, and went straight to the spiritual level. He said, “If thou knewest the gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to