the land of Gennesaret By this is meant the plain of Gennesaret, two miles and a half in length and about one mile in breadth. Modern travellers speak of "its charming bays and its fertile soil rich with the scourings of the basaltic hills." Josephus describes the district in glowing terms (B. J.iii. 10. 8). See Recovery of Jerusalem, p. 351.

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