In Bible times it was much harder to get water than it is in many lands today. When Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman, she was hauling up water from Jacob’s fountain, a well that was some 75 feet [23 m] deep! — John 4: 5 - 15.
पानी हासिल करने के लिए आजकल की कई जगहों के मुक़ाबले बाइबल के ज़माने में कहीं ज़्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ती थी ।