Verse 5

So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:32 : 32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. It became an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.
  • Gen 33:19 : 19 He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  • Gen 48:22 : 22 And to you, I give one more portion than your brothers, the portion I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.
  • John 4:12 : 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"