John 4:5

Good News Translation

In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Cross References

Genesis 33:19

He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 48:22

It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

1 Kings 13:32

The words that he spoke at the Lord's command against the altar in Bethel and against all the places of worship in the towns of Samaria will surely come true.”

Luke 9:52

He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him.

John 4:12

It was our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well; he and his children and his flocks all drank from it. You don't claim to be greater than Jacob, do you?”

John 4:39

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I have ever done.”

John 4:6

Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by the trip, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

John 4:8

His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)

Joshua 24:32

The body of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, was buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's descendants.