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?
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Art thou greater, &c.--already perceiving in this Stranger a claim to some mysterious greatness. our father Jacob--for when it went well with the Jews, they claimed kindred with them, as being descended from Joseph; but when misfortunes befell the Jews, they disowned all connection with them [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 9.14,3].
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1871 · John 4:12
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