Father Panayiotis speaks at Jacob's Well during our pilgrimage in 2014. The site is also commonly known as Jacob's fountain and Well of Sychar (Arabic: بئر يعقوب, (Bir Ya'qub or Bir Ya'kub); Greek: Φρέαρ του Ιακώβ) is a deep well hewn of solid rock that has been associated in religious tradition with Jacob for roughly…


Father Panayiotis speaks at Jacob’s Well during our pilgrimage in 2014. The site is also commonly known as Jacob’s fountain and Well of Sychar (Arabic: بئر يعقوب, (Bir Ya’qub or Bir Ya’kub); Greek: Φρέαρ του Ιακώβ) is a deep well hewn of solid rock that has been associated in religious tradition with Jacob for roughly two millennia. It is situated a short distance from the archaeological site of Tell Balata, which is thought to be the site of biblical Shechem. The well currently lies within the complex of the Greek Orthodox monastery of the same name, in the city of Nablus in the West Bank.

Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, and Muslim traditions all associate the well with Jacob. The well is not specifically mentioned in the Old Testament. The Book of Genesis states that when Jacob returned to Shechem from Paddan-aram, he camped “before” the city and bought the land on which he pitched his tent. Biblical scholars contend that plot of land is the same one upon which Jacob’s Well was constructed.

Jacob’s Well does appear by name in the New Testament’s Gospel of John, where it is recorded that Jesus “came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there.” The Gospel of John goes on to describe a conversation between Jesus and a Samaritan woman that took place while Jesus was resting at the well.

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