Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Art thou greater (already perceiving in this Stranger a claim to some mysterious greatness), than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? For, says Josephus (Ant. 9: 14. 3), when it went well with the Jews the Samaritans claimed kindred with them, as being descended from Joseph, but when misfortunes befell the Jews they disowned all connection with them.