John 4:5
Good News Translation
In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

New Revised Standard Version
So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Contemporary English Version
and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph.

New American Bible
So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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Genesis 33:19 And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.

Genesis 48:22 I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.

Joshua 24:32 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.

Context
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
4And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria. 5He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.…
Cross References
Genesis 33:19
And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.

Genesis 48:22
I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.

1 Kings 13:32
For assuredly the word shall come to pass which he hath foretold in the word of the Lord, against the altar that is in Bethel: and against all the temples of the high places, that are in the cities of Samaria.

Luke 9:52
And he sent messengers before his face: and going, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

John 4:8
For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats.

John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle?

John 4:39
Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done.

John 4:4
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