This well in Shechem is also the place that the Father Jacob sent His FAVORITE SON Joseph to see how his brothers were faring. Joseph was the beloved son of His Father. Genesis 37:3-4 says, now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Here is the account:
Gen. 37:12-17 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I]. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks]. And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
This well of Shechem was in a well watered, fertile valley. This well was where even today very pure water is found. Joseph(the beloved Son), arrived in Shechem (*meaning in Hebrew-back or part that holds the shoulder together-see below), at the Well that His Father had dug, Joseph did not find His brothers. Joseph did not know where they had gone. Joseph stumbled upon a man who said his brothers were seen in Dothan(meaning in Hebrew- two wells).
Jacob is a type or parallel of God the Father, and Joseph is a type or parallel of Yeshua. The brothers are a type or parallel of the Jewish people. When the Father asked the Son to go to His brethren, He surrendered and said “HERE AM I.” The Word says that Yeshua, was submissive, even unto death. (Phil. 2:8) The Father sent his Son to His brethren, to the place of pure water that the Father had dug/provided. The Father thought this was where Yeshua would find His brothers(drinking from the WATER of LIFE). As Yeshua came for His Jewish brethren, many of them would not receive Him. Yeshua wept over Jerusalem. He said, He wished to have gathered them, as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but they were not willing.(Matt. 23:37) Many had veils upon their eyes so that Salvation, and a people(the Gentiles), not beloved or called God`s people could be saved. (Rom. 9:25)
Joseph`s coat of many colors is symbolic of the Messiah being the Savior for ALL the nations of the world.
Could it be that Dothan`s 2 wells are symbolic of people who love the Lord and the world? Could it be people who are double dipping? Are we drinking pure and polluted water? We are to be people in the world but not of the world. Lets make sure we are ONLY drinking of the well of Shechem. The 1 well with pure and living water. “Come out and be separate, touch not the unclean thing.”
*The body member on which a load is borne, Job 31:36
The government will be upon His shoulders, like a load that is born, Isaiah 9:5
I will lay the key of David upon his shoulder, I will give it to Him to bear, Isaiah 22:22
Serve God with one mind, a metaphor taken from burden or yoke, Zeph. 3:9
The member on which blows were afflicted, Isaiah 9:3
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