Ennesaret
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Ennesaret [1]
Gennes'aret. (garden of the prince). Gennesaret, Land of. It is generally believed that this term was applied to the fertile crescent-shaped plain on the western shore of the lake, extending from Khan Minyeh (two or three miles south of Capernaum ( Tel-Hum) on the north to the steep hill behind Mejdel ( Magdala) on the south, and called by the Arabs el-Ghuweir, "the little Ghor."
Mr. Porter gives the length as three miles, and the greatest breadth as about one mile. Additional interest is given to the land of Gennesaret, or el-Ghuweir, by the probability that its scenery suggested the parable of the sower. It is mentioned only twice in Scripture - Matthew 14:34; Mark 6:53. Compare Luke 5:1.
