(Genesis 34). Here Jacob sent Joseph to see his brethren on that fateful trip that resulted in Joseph being sold as a slave to Egypt (Genesis 37). Here Joshua addressed Israel for the last time (Joshua 24). Here Rehoboam gave the answer to the Israelites that split the kingdom (I Kings 23). Here Jeroboam the first king of the northern split of the kingdom, set up the idolatrous kingdom (I Kings 12). And our text adds another significant event—Christ’s encounter with the Samaritan woman. Third, the
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