⁴ But on the way he had to go through the country of Samaria [^Cthe central region occupied by a people disliked because they were only partly Jewish].

⁵ In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar [^Cperhaps Shechem or a village near it; compare Gen. 33:18–19; 48:22], which is near the ·field [plot of ground] Jacob gave to his son Joseph. ⁶ Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from ·his long trip [^Lthe journey], so he sat down beside the well. It was about ·twelve o’clock noon [^Lthe sixth hour; ^Chours were counted from dawn, about 6 AM].