John 4:12
Douay-Rheims
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Adam Clarke
Our father Jacob - The ancient Samaritans were undoubtedly the descendants of Jacob; for they were the ten tribes that revolted in the reign of Rehoboam: but those in our Lord's time were not genuine Israelites, but a corrupted race, sprung from a mixture of different nations, sent thither by Salmanezer, king of the Assyrians. See Kg2 17:24.
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1832 · John 4:12
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