Virgin Mary’s Well

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Is considered one of the oldest wells and the most important in the city center of Beit Sahour where it is said that the Prophet Jacob, son of Prophet Isaac (son of Abraham) is the person who dug the well, also it is said that Virgin Mary, while traveling to Egypt, has passed by the well and was thirsty and asked a lady to give her water to drink but she refused and miraculously the water of the well overflowed and reached her. Besides that, it is believed that this well has witnessed more than just one miracle.