Bible Strands
John 4:5
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
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Study note
Setting — Jesus travels through Samaria and arrives in the town of Sychar, following the immediate narrative sequence of His journey.
The words — The Greek οὖν (oun) translates "therefore," marking His arrival as a direct consequence of the preceding journey, while Συχάρ (Suchar) names the specific locale.
The thread — The verse locates the event near land Jacob gave to Joseph, connecting to the patriarchal inheritance records in Genesis 33:19, Genesis 48:22, and Joshua 24:32.
Why it lands — The text anchors the narrative in a documented geographic inheritance, requiring the reader to track the physical continuity of Jacob's property through the patriarchal period.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 24:32 And 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.
- Genesis 33:19 And 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 48:22 And 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.”
- John 4:12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”