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I jeels from Josephus*, seems but as a comment to illustrate this 
chapter. The journey of our Lord from Judaea into Galilee; 
Jhe cause of it; his passage through the territory of Sama¬ 
ria; his approach to the metropolis of that country; its name; 
his arrival at the Amorite field which terminates the 
narrow valley of Sichem ; the ancient custom of halting at a 
well ;f the female employment of drawing water ; the disci¬ 
ples sent into the city for food, by which its situation out of 
the town is so obviously implied ; the question of the woman 
referring to existing prejudices which separated the Jews from 
the Samaritans; the depth of the well ; the oriental allusion 
contained in the expression, “ living water the history of 
the well, and the customs thereby illustrated; the worship up¬ 
on Mount Gemini; all these occur within the space of twen¬ 
ty verses; and if to these be added, what has already been 
referred toj; in the remainder of the same chapter, we shall 
perhaps consider it as a record, which, in the words of him w ho 
sent it, 5 6S wus may. lift up ouh eyes, and look upon, fok 
: IT IS "WHITE ALREADY TO HARVEST. 55 
$■' Vid. Antiq. lib. xi. c. 4, 7, 8! lib, xii. c. 3,7, &c. 
7 “ At this well, the narrow valley of Sychem ends ; opening itself into a wide 
Seld, which is probably part of that parcel of ground, given by Jacob to his Son Jo- 
seph JourAeyfrom Alep., to Jerus. p. 63. Oif. 1721. 
'I" See p. 229; note'2., of this Volume. 
: f John, iv. 36, 
