John 4:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph.

Cross References

Genesis 33:19

The land where he camped was owned by the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem. So Jacob paid them one hundred pieces of silver for the property,

Genesis 48:22

Meanwhile, I'm giving you the hillside I captured from the Amorites.”

1 Kings 13:32

I'm sure that everything he said about the altar in Bethel and the shrines in Samaria will happen.”

Luke 9:52

He sent some messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

John 4:12

Our ancestor Jacob dug this well for us, and his family and animals got water from it. Are you greater than Jacob?”

John 4:39

A lot of Samaritans in that town put their faith in Jesus because the woman had said, “This man told me everything I have ever done.”

John 4:6

The well that Jacob had dug was still there, and Jesus sat down beside it because he was tired from travelling. It was midday, and after Jesus' disciples had gone into town to buy some food, a Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well. Jesus asked her, “Would you please give me a drink of water?”

Joshua 24:32

When the people of Israel left Egypt, they brought the bones of Joseph along with them. They took the bones to the town of Shechem and buried them in the field that Jacob had bought for one hundred pieces of silver from Hamor, the founder of Shechem. The town and the field both became part of the land belonging to the descendants of Joseph.