Ebal and Mt. Gerasim. At the edge of the site is the modern village of Balatah, whose beautiful spring and nearby Jacob's Well once supplied Shechem with water. Shechem is the first city mentioned ...

Jacob has returned to Israel, made up with Esau, gone through a disastrous event when his daughter, Dinah, is raped, and his ...

Jacob's Well Natural Area is suspending its 2024 summer swimming season until further notice due to below-average spring flow and water levels. Hays County Parks announced the suspension on Wednesday.

One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima ... This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, ...

Jacob was silent when his daughter Dinah was held by the prince of Shechem, who asked Jacob for permission to marry her. When his sons agreed on the condition that all the men of Shechem circumcise ...