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So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Then Jesus, being tired from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.[a]

A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

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  1. John 4:6 6 pm (Roman civil time) or noon (Jewish time)

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(B)

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