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John 4:5

IsraelJosephSamariaSychar

3 He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.

4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

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BSB
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
KJV
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
WEB
So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
ASV
So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
DARBY
He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
BLB
Therefore He comes to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
ÅB
Så kom han til en by i Samaria, som heter Sykar, nær ved det stykke land som Jakob gav sin sønn Josef;
OTB
Så kom han til en by i Samaria som heter Sykar, nær det landområdet Jakob ga til sin sønn Josef.
B1930
Så kom han til en by i Samaria, som heter Sykar, nær ved det stykke land som Jakob gav sin sønn Josef;

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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  • Genesis 33:19

    And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

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  • Genesis 48:22

    Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

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  • John 4:12

    Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

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