John 4:5

The Passion Translation

Jesus arrived at the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Cross References

Joshua 24:32

They buried Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father. So the land became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

Genesis 33:19

He purchased the field where he pitched his tent from the clan of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 48:22

I give you one mountain slope more than your brothers, the mountain slope of Shechem, the fertile region I took from the Amorites with my own sword and my own bow.”

John 4:12

Do you really think that you are greater than our ancestor Jacob who dug this well and drank from it himself, along with his children and livestock?”

Luke 9:52

So he sent messengers ahead of him as envoys to a village of the Samaritans.

John 4:6

Wearied by his long journey, he sat on the edge of Jacob’s well, and sent his disciples into the village to buy food, for it was already afternoon. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

John 4:39

Many from the Samaritan village became believers in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony: “He told me everything I ever did!”