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John 4:12New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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12 You are not greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well and who together with his sons and his cattle drank out of it, are you?”
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John 4:12The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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μὴ σὺ μείζων εἶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰακώβ, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔπιεν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ;
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John 4:12The Bible in Living English
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12 Do you amount to more than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons and his stock?”
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John 4:12American Standard Version
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12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
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John 4:12The Emphasized Bible
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12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well,—and himself out of it drank, and his sons and his flocks?
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John 4:12King James Version
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12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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John Study Notes—Chapter 4New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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our forefather Jacob: The Samaritans claimed descent from Jacob through Joseph, a claim that many Jews of the day would likely have refuted. To emphasize the Samaritans’ descent from foreign peoples, some Jews called them by the Hebrew term “Cuthim,” or “Cuthaeans,” that is, people of Cuth (or Cuthah). The names Cuth and Cuthah refer to the same original home of the people who had been moved by the king of Assyria to the cities of Samaria after Israel went into exile in 740 B.C.E. It was probably located about 50 km (30 mi) NE of Babylon.—2Ki 17:23, 24, 30.
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