John 4:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.”
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“So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 4:5 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 33:19And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- Genesis 48:22And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
- Joshua 24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
- John 4:12Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
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