So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
That Jacob gave to his son Joseph. — Jacob had bought this field from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver, or lambs, Genesis 33:19; and in it he built an altar, which he dedicated to El Elohey Yishrael, the strong God, the covenant God of Israel, Genesis 33:20. This, Jacob left as a private or overplus inheritance to Joseph and his children. See Genesis 48:21-22, and Joshua 24:32.