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I have found that most of the bible has layers of understanding, e.g. each story means many things, and that you can only understand each layer when you are ready. Please don't consider them “secrets” like some charlatans and deceivers like to call them. Having said that, a lot of non-believers like to contort the bible to their own desire. A way to tell if someone is explaining a deeper layer or if they are trying contort the bible is that a deeper layer does not invalidate or conflict with the first interpretation.

All ancient literature follows that pattern ~ back in the day write space was heavily restricted by expense and technical issues so you had to compress files frequently ~ and much more carefully.

Your extraction algorithms had to work perfectly every time, all the time.

The Bible contains a number of compression routines ~ for the mind, so you can remember the material. The "begats", the big boat full of stalls and cages, the garden with every kind of tree and plant, ..... the greater/the smaller, the higher/the lower, the best, the worst (yin and yan ~ to help the memory recall the story that conveys the lesson)

The story of the woman at the well is so multiply compressed it is truly incredible.

It speaks to every social class differently, at every time in history, to both sexes, to God Himself, to the lowest human, ~~~~~~ this story must be among the chief stories every missionary would need to know ~ going over it a couple of times I think I can almost recite it ~ something I'd never done before.

A minor note ~ there are "numbers' in this story that relate to OTHER important Christian symbolic representations ~ so just remembering the numbers should enable you to produce a decent sermon on the spot.

Sure, I read the story in the past, but that was before I was blind. Since then I read the story differently asking myself "how can I best remember this story lest the day come again when I can no longer see', and it is a good story which tells me in its cadence how to remember it. Just hum the mind's melody and it will come back.

Did someone ever worry about this woman's sex life? That's just not in there. Or, maybe it is ~ I'll do a feminist evaluation later ~ when i have time.