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Jacob's Well Scripture - John 4:6

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour....

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Jacob's Well in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(pege tou Iakob): 1. Position of Well: In Jn 4:3 ff we read that our Lord "left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs pass through Samaria. So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: and Jacob's well was there." When Jacob came to Shechem on his return f...

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Jacob's Well in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ's time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the well Jesus sat and discoursed with the Samaritan woman. Joh 4:5-26 It is situated about half a mile southeast of Nablus, at the foot of Mount Gerizim. It is about nine fee...

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Jacob's Well in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Israel about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which he purchased from the sons of Hamor (Gen. 33:19). It still exists, but although after copious rains it contains a little water, it is now usually quite dry. It is at the entrance t...

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