Sychar
The village of the Samaritan woman.
Inhabitants or natives
Photina the Samaritan woman, Abel of Sychar.
Description
"(...) they turn to look at Jesus who has sat on a low wall exposed to the sun near the lower and wide edge of a well. A large well, almost a cistern, so wide it is. In summer it must be shaded by large trees, now leafless. The water is not visible, but the ground near the well clearly shows water has been drawn because of the small puddles and the circular marks left by moist pitchers."[1]
Notable events
Jesus meets the Samaritan woman Photinai here, the woman with five husbands, and speaks to her about the Water of Life.[2]
Its name
Sychar - Sichar - Today Askar, on the eastern slope of Mount Ebal, about 3 km east-northeast of Shechem (Nablus) and 1 km north of Jacob's well.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 143 EMV 144 EMV 145 EMV 146
EMV 571
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Located near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.[3]
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