Cities & towns · Samaria
Sychar (Jacob’s Well)
What was Sychar (Jacob’s Well)?
Sychar is the Samaritan town where Jesus, weary at Jacob’s well, told a woman everything she ever did.
TodayNear Askar and Bir Ya‘qub, by Nablus, West Bank
LandmarkJacob’s well
EventThe woman at the well
Near the plot of ground Jacob gave to Joseph, the deep well of Jacob still gave water in Jesus’ day — and gives it still.
There, at noon, Jesus asked a Samaritan woman for a drink and offered her “living water… welling up to eternal life.”
She left her jar and brought the town; many Samaritans believed, confessing him “the Savior of the world.”
Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
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.” John 4:14 “But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”” John 4:42 “They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.””
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Original BibleDawn profile. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Scripture quoted from the public-domain Berean Standard Bible.