Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
New American Standard Bible
So He *came to a city of
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.
Holman Bible
so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property
International Standard Version
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
A Conservative Version
So he comes to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
American Standard Version
So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
Amplified
So He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
An Understandable Version
So, He arrived at the Samaritan town called Sychar, which was near the piece of property that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Anderson New Testament
He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Bible in Basic English
So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
Common New Testament
So he came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Darby Translation
He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Godbey New Testament
Then He comes into a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Goodspeed New Testament
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,
John Wesley New Testament
called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Julia Smith Translation
Then comes he to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place which Jacob gave to Joseph his son.
King James 2000
Then came he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Modern King James verseion
Then He came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came he to a city of Samaria called Sychar, beside the possession that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,
Moffatt New Testament
and in so doing he arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar; it lay near the territory which Jacob had given to his son Joseph,
Montgomery New Testament
so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
NET Bible
Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
New Heart English Bible
So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
Noyes New Testament
He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Sawyer New Testament
He came, therefore, to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the lot which Jacob gave his son Joseph.
The Emphasized Bible
He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sichar, near the spot of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Webster
Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground, that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Weymouth New Testament
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Williams New Testament
So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
World English Bible
So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
Worrell New Testament
He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
Worsley New Testament
near the piece of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Youngs Literal Translation
He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;
Themes
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » Routes from, to judaea
jacob » Gives the land of the amorites to joseph
Jesus Christ » History of » Visits sychar and teaches the samaritan woman
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
Roads » From judaea to galilee, by way of samaria
Samaria » Country of » Roads through, from judaea into galilee
Samaria » Country of » Jesus travels through
modern Samaria » Cities of, mentioned in scripture » Sychar
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Jesus visits; disciples made in
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 4:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Conversation With A Samaritan Woman
4 And it was necessary [for] him to go through Samaria. 5 Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 And Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, [because he] had become tired from the journey, simply sat down at the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Cross References
Genesis 33:19
And he bought a piece of land where he pitched his tent for one hundred pieces of money from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem.
Genesis 48:22
And I have given to you one slope [of land] rather than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorites by my sword and with my bow."
Joshua 24:32
The bones of Jacob, which the {Israelites} had brought out from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a piece of land that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money; it became [an] inheritance for the descendants of Joseph.
John 4:12
You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"