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... Lake of Tiberias , by the beauti- ful glacier of Hermon . Between these two chains lies the valley of Cole - Syria , which , beyond Baalbec , divides into two branches , one of which , that to the south- west , becomes entangled among ...
... Lake of Tiberias , by the beauti- ful glacier of Hermon . Between these two chains lies the valley of Cole - Syria , which , beyond Baalbec , divides into two branches , one of which , that to the south- west , becomes entangled among ...
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... Lake of Tiberias , and those which form the high table - land of Galilee . This chain breaks off at the entrance of the magnificent plain of Esdraelon , on the borders of Galilee and Samaria ; it re - appears at Mount Carmel , and ...
... Lake of Tiberias , and those which form the high table - land of Galilee . This chain breaks off at the entrance of the magnificent plain of Esdraelon , on the borders of Galilee and Samaria ; it re - appears at Mount Carmel , and ...
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... Lake of Hûleh or Merom ; it then flows , in a thousand windings , down a volcanic valley , sometimes between arid rocks , sometimes between low shores , till it throws itself into the beautiful Lake of Gennesaret , to re - appear in its ...
... Lake of Hûleh or Merom ; it then flows , in a thousand windings , down a volcanic valley , sometimes between arid rocks , sometimes between low shores , till it throws itself into the beautiful Lake of Gennesaret , to re - appear in its ...
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... Lake of Gennesaret . Asher tilled the fertile fields between Carmel and Sidon . It is he who " yields royal dainties . " ( Gen. xlix . 20 ) . Issachar , placed among the verdant fields which extend around Jezreel , and to the foot of ...
... Lake of Gennesaret . Asher tilled the fertile fields between Carmel and Sidon . It is he who " yields royal dainties . " ( Gen. xlix . 20 ) . Issachar , placed among the verdant fields which extend around Jezreel , and to the foot of ...
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... lake of Gennesaret . The tropical heat of the borders of the lake forms the most striking con- trast to the severe climate of the mountains of Judæa . What a contrast again between the pure sources of the Jordan at Cesarea Philippi ...
... lake of Gennesaret . The tropical heat of the borders of the lake forms the most striking con- trast to the severe climate of the mountains of Judæa . What a contrast again between the pure sources of the Jordan at Cesarea Philippi ...
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