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John 4:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 So he came to a city of Sa·marʹi·a called Syʹchar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.+

John 4:5

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 5 ἔρχεται He is coming οὖν therefore εἰς into πόλιν city τῆς of the Σαμαρίας Samaria λεγομένην being said Συχὰρ Sychar πλησίον near τοῦ the χωρίου piece of ground ὃ which ἔδωκεν gave Ἰακὼβ Jacob τῷ to Ἰωσὴφ Joseph τῷ to the υἱῷ son αὐτοῦ· of him;

John 4:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 Accordingly he came to a city of Sa·marʹi·a called Syʹchar* near the field that Jacob gave to Joseph his son.+

John 4:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:5

American Standard Version
- 5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

John 4:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 He cometh therefore unto a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.

John 4:5

King James Version
- 5 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.

John Study Notes—Chapter 4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4:5
  
  Sychar: A city of Samaria that has been identified with the village of ʽAskar, near modern-day Nablus, about 1 km (0.6 mi) NE of Shechem and 0.7 km (0.4 mi) NNE of Jacob’s well. (See App. B6 and B10.) Some have identified Sychar with Shechem, based on some early non-Biblical writers and the reading “Sychem” in the Codex Syriac Sinaiticus. However, the best Greek manuscripts support the reading “Sychar,” and archaeologists have shown that the site of Shechem (Tell Balata) was not occupied at the time of this account.