Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 4:5

"So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:" — John 4:5 (ASV)

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

You remember how the patriarch said to his favorite son, Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. This was "the parcel of ground" which was near to Sychar.