^4:5Now he came to a Samaritan town⁹ called Sychar,¹⁰ near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.¹¹^4:6Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside¹² the well. It was about noon.¹³

^4:7A Samaritan woman¹⁴ came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water¹⁵ to drink.”

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Footnotes

9 Grk “town of Samaria.” The noun Σαμαρείας (Samareias) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
10 Sychar was somewhere in the vicinity of Shechem, possibly the village of Askar, 1.5 km northeast of Jacob’s well.
11 Perhaps referred to in Gen 48:22.
12 Grk “on (ἐπί, epi) the well.” There may have been a low stone rim encircling the well, or the reading of 𝔓66 (“on the ground”) may be correct.
13 Grk “the sixth hour.” It was about noon. The suggestion has been made by some that time should be reckoned from midnight rather than sunrise. This would make the time 6 a.m. rather than noon. That would fit in this passage but not in John 19:14 which places the time when Jesus is condemned to be crucified at “the sixth hour.”
14 Grk “a woman from Samaria.” According to Σαμάρεια, the prepositional phrase is to be translated as a simple attributive: “γυνὴ ἐκ τῆς Σαμαρείας a Samaritan woman J 4:7.”
15 The phrase “some water” is supplied as the understood direct object of the infinitive πεῖν (pein).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 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?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down at the well. It was about noon.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.

“Give me a drink,” Jesus said to her,

NLTNew Living Translation

Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. And Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, because he had become tired from the journey, simply sat down at the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

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