The woman speaks of "our father Jacob"; the Samaritians claimed that they were descended from Joseph, the son of Jacob, by way of Ephraim and Manasseh. The Jews of course have strenuously denied that Jacob was the father of the Samaritans. Samaritan women were the only other ethnic group of people a Jewish priest could choose a wife from. This is a suprising fact due to what it says about the relation of the Samaritains to the Jews.The well was a gathering place for women.;the symbol of marriage and woman in the Bible. Abraham, Issac, Jacob, recieved the first covenant as well as their wives at a well. Moses found his wife at a well. All these women were distant relatives to the men, very similar to the relationship between the Jews and The Samaritians. The well and water is Archetype of woman. Further, this is not only the longest discourse by Jesus in the Bible; it is also the giving of the second covenant.

The Jews had another way of using the word water. They often spoke of the thirst of the soul for God. The Rabbis identified this living water with Wisdom and the Holy Spirit, both female. All Jewish pictorial religious language was full of the idea of the thirst of the soul which could be quenched only with this living water which was the gift of God. The promise is that the chosen people would draw water with joy from the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12:3) The summons was that every one who was thirsty should come tho the waters and freely drink. (Isaiah 55:1) It is the Lord who is the fountian of living water. (Jeremiah 17:13) When Jesus spoke about bringing the water which quenches thirst forever, he was doing no less than stating that he was the Anointed One of God who was to bring in the new age. To worship God in spirit and in truth is the heart of the Gospel; hence, the New Testament, and is the Second Covenant. We all feel the longing for eternity that God has put in every persons soul. There is a thirst which only the Holy Spirit can satisfy. This is God speaking to His Church. The five husbands mentioned make this story not only an incident but also an allegory. The original people of Samaria were exiled and transported to Media, people from five other places were brought in. These five different people brought in their own gods. ( 2 kings 17:29 ) The womans five husbands are like the five false gods to whom the samaritans, as it were, married themselves. The sixth husband stands for the true God, but, they worship him not truly, but in ignorance; and therefore they are not married to him at all. Being married to God in truth, is the seventh husband; and is Jesus!
 

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