{"query": "Easton: Jacob’s Well", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_29770913899b", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the “parcel of ground” which he purchased from the sons of Hamor ("}, {"id": "card_n_aca7dfd9c431", "title": "Easton: Shalem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Perfect, a place (probably the village of Salim) some 2 miles east of Jacob’s well. There is an abundant supply of water, which may have been the reason for Jacob’s settling at this place (Gen. 33:18-"}, {"id": "card_n_d4231bd62152", "title": "Easton: Well", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. ‘ain). A “beer” was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky surface by the art of man, which contained water which percolated through the strata "}, {"id": "card_n_f22999b78afb", "title": "Easton: Dinah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob’s camp was in the neighbourhood of"}, {"id": "card_n_3d4cd9cfdc02", "title": "Easton: Rachel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives (Gen. 29:6, 28). He served Laban fourteen years for her, so "}, {"id": "card_n_0985414ff4b3", "title": "Easton: Patriarch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name employed in the New Testament with reference to Abraham (Heb. 7:4), the sons of Jacob (Acts 7:8, 9), and to David (2:29). This name is generally applied to the progenitors of families or “heads"}, {"id": "card_n_860c6cffa6b5", "title": "Easton: Beer-lahai-roi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., “the well of him that liveth and seeth me,” or, as some render it, “the well of the vision of life”, the well where the Lord met with Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 2"}, {"id": "card_c_e88ab114473f", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 4:5 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_283e50804ef4", "title": "Easton: Leah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-3"}, {"id": "card_c_3bfbd285fe46", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Ebal", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ebal (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_ffc52b5ec124", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Gerizim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Gerizim (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_4012fb9d0055", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Hamor", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Hamor (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_8af0c9f3f28f", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Jerusalem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jerusalem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_3d1d21f2b152", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Palestine", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Palestine (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_219351840e55", "title": "Easton: Jacob’s Well references Shechem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Shechem (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_24cf493dc8b4", "title": "Easton: Sychar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Liar or drunkard (see Isa. 28:1, 7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John 4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations, been ident"}, {"id": "card_n_cef4a44af69f", "title": "Easton: Reuben", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph, "}, {"id": "card_n_69941284339e", "title": "Easton: Beersheba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33)"}, {"id": "card_n_6f20e4902b9a", "title": "Easton: Cuckoo", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. shahaph), from a root meaning “to be lean; slender.” This bird is mentioned only in Lev. 11:16 and Deut. 14:15 (R.V., “seamew”). Some have interpreted the Hebrew word by “petrel” or “shearwater”"}, {"id": "card_n_00be6889d7e2", "title": "Easton: Israel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen. 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and prevailed.” (See JACOB.) This is the common name given to Jacob’s des"}]}