About 25 years ago, my wife Jane observed some intriguing similarities and stark contrasts between a text from John’s Gospel where Jesus goes to Samaria and meets a woman at a well and a story in the Hebrew Bible where Abraham’s servant seeks to find a bride for Isaac and meets Rebecca, also at a well.
At the time I was teaching a class to undergrad students and drafted study notes based on a close observation of the text. I recently shared these observations and notes with others in my faith community after we discussed the text. I’m continuing to be inspired and challenged by this narrative. Here is a podcast courtesy of NotebookLM based on these observations. Enjoy!