Another thing it was a Jewish oral tradition that the unbelieving Jew turned into idol a channel for seeking after their own flesh .
Jacobs well in respect to its use as a shadow, a picture of the Love of God coming down on the gentiles as well as the Jew men and woman alike as a kingdom of priest. . The sign was to the whole world that God is the father of all nations .
The well like the wailing wall today demonstrates their unbelief in the one God of all nations.
Like the bronze serpent used for a one time demonstration or shadow. They were made to grind it into a power and drink it . A lesson to show us its not what goes into a person that defiles them but that which comes out.
Jacobs well good historical value. No value in the flesh. Jesus said of his own flesh it profits for nothing.
In that way we are like the woman by the well, the free woman ( Galatians 4 )
Proverbs 25:25 As
cold waters to a
thirsty soul, so is
good news from a
far country.