Biblical place
Where was Gennesaret?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with El Ghuweir.
First appears in Matthew 14:34 · 3 books · 3 chapters
Overview
A garden of riches. (1. ) A town of Naphtali, called Chinnereth (Josh. 19:35), sometimes in the plural form Chinneroth (11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). Modern identification: El Ghuweir.
Gennesaret is represented in the local geography layer as El Ghuweir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 14:34 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.
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How to get to Gennesaret today
Travel to Gennesaret, the modern-day El Ghuweir.
Gennesaret is commonly identified with El Ghuweir, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Gennesaret is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.