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Gennesaret ("a garden of riches") was a town of Naphtali , called "Chinnereth" ( Joshua 19:35), sometimes in the plural form "Chinneroth" (Joshua 11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret ( Luke 5:1). This city stood on the northwestern shore of the lake to which it gave its name.1No trace of it remains. It is the namesake of the "Plain of Gennesaret" has been called, from its fertility and beauty, “the Paradise of Galilee.” It is now called el-Ghuweir .2
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32°51′38″N 35°30′26″E  /  32.86056°N 35.50722°E  / 32.86056; 35.50722 Gennesaret ("a garden of riches") was a town alloted to the tribe of Naphtali , called "Kinnereth" ( Joshua 19:35), sometimes in the plural form "Kinneroth" (Joshua 11:2).In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezareth, Genezar and Gennesaret ( Luke 5:1).No trace of the Gennesaret city remains. This city stood on the northwestern shore of the lake to which it gave its name: Lake of Gennesaret ). The name is the Grecized form of "Chinnereth." The equivalent names are the Sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberias.The name is also used for the "Plain of Gennesaret".
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32°51′38″N 35°30′26″E  /  32.86056°N 35.50722°E  / 32.86056; 35.50722 A view of lake Gennesaret today El-Ghuweir (Genezareth) in old map from 1850 Kinneret is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee , mentioned in the Old Testament and in the Aqhat Epic of Ugarit .Older Bible translations name Kinneret alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth .The name evolved in time to become Gennesaret and Ginosar .Due to its prominence, the city gave its name to the lake for long periods of history, as the Sea of Kinneret, Kinnerot, Gennesaret or Ginosar, the last two mirroring the transformation of the name."Gennesaret" is the Grecized form of Kinneret. The name is also used for the "Plain of Gennesaret". Its modern names are Plain of Ginosar (translated from Hebrew ) and el-Ghuweir in Arabic .The present-day Israeli Kibbutz Ginosar derives its name from the ancient town, though it is not located on its precise site.Even more remote, on the southeastern shore of the lake, are the two settlements of Moshavat Kinneret and Kvutzat Kinneret .
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32°51′38″N 35°30′26″E  /  32.86056°N 35.50722°E  / 32.86056; 35.50722 Tel Kinrot (the mound behind the field) from northwest Kinneret ( ) is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee , mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament , and in the Aqhat Epic of Ugarit .Older Bible translations spell the name alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth , and sometimes in the plural as Chinneroth .In time the name became Gennesaret and Ginosar ( ).The remains of Kinneret have been excavated at a site called Tell el-'Oreimeh in Arabic and Tel Kinrot in Modern Hebrew .
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Bronze/Iron Age city by the Sea of Galilee Kinneret ( ) is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee , mentioned in the 14th century BC Aqhat Epic of Ugarit , and in the Old Testament and New Testament . Older Bible translations spell the name alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth , and sometimes in the plural as Chinneroth . In time the name became Gennesaret and Ginosar ( ). The remains of Kinneret have been excavated at a site called Tell el-'Oreimeh (Tell el-‘Orēme) in Arabic and Tel Kinrot in Modern Hebrew .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Bronze/Iron Age city by the Sea of Galilee Kinneret ( Hebrew : כִּנֶּרֶת ) is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee , mentioned in the 14th century BC Aqhat Epic of Ugarit , and in the Old Testament and New Testament . Older Bible translations spell the name alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth , and sometimes in the plural as Chinneroth . In time the name became Gennesaret and Ginosar ( Hebrew : גִּנֵּיסַר ). The remains of Kinneret have been excavated at a site called Tell el-'Oreimeh (Tell el-‘Orēme) in Arabic and Tel Kinrot in Modern Hebrew .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of an important bronze and iron age city situated on the northwestern shore of the sea of galilee”. Today it says “name of an important bronze and iron age city of the ancient levant situated on the northwestern shore of the s”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “32°51′38″N 35°30′26″E  /  32.86056°N 35.50722°E  / 32.86056; 35.50722 Tel Kinrot (the mound behind the field) from northwest”. It now reads “Bronze/Iron Age city by the Sea of Galilee”. Read the current article and compare.
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name of an important bronze and iron age city situated on the northwestern shore of the sea of galilee
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name of an important bronze and iron age city of the ancient levant situated on the northwestern shore of the s
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