καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 μὴ σὺ μείζων εἶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰακώβ ὃς ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔπιεν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ

   MÊ SY MEI-dzōn EI tou pa-TROS hê-MON ia-KŌB HOS E-dŌ-ken hê-MIN to PHRE-ar KAI au-TOS eks au-TOU E-pi-en KAI hoi hyi-OI au-TOU KAI ta THREM-ma-ta au-TOU

   not you greater than are {the} father our Jacob who {He} gave to us {the} well and he himself from it drank and {the} sons his and {the} livestock his

Exegesis

The clause kai autos ex autou epien {καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔπιεν | kaí autòs ex autoû épien} adds emphasis through autos, underscoring that Jacob himself drank from this very source, while ex autou ties the drinking directly to the well.

The coordinated additions kai hoi huioi autou kai ta thremmata autou {καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ | kaí hoí huioí autoû kaí tà thrémmata autoû} form a compound subject of fellow drinkers (“his sons and his livestock”), expanding the honor and usefulness of the well to Jacob’s entire household. In translation, the central comparative question is preserved, with the relative and coordinated clauses rendered as descriptive expansions that keep the focus on Jacob’s status and the well’s communal significance.