 | George Jones - 1865 - 470 pages
...says of it : " The country also that lies over against this lake hath the same name of Gennesaret; its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty. Its...agrees very well with those several sorts; particularly walnuts, which require the coldest air, flourish there in vast plenty ; there are palm trees also,... | |
 | M. A. Edwards - 1865 - 312 pages
...In this place Mary Magdalene was born. Josephus speaks of this plain in a very high-flown style: — "Its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty. Its...accordingly plant all sorts of trees there ; for the temperature of the air is so well mixed that it agrees very well with those several sorts; particularly... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1869 - 612 pages
...lies over against this lake hath the same name of Gennesareth ; its nature is wonderful as well 03 its beauty ; its soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees 68 THE COUNTRY OF GENNESARETH. [B. III. can grow upon it, and the inhabitants, accordingly, plant all... | |
 | John MacGregor - 1870 - 522 pages
...river Jordan. " The country also that lies over against this lake hath the same name of Gennesareth ; its nature is wonderful, as well as its beauty ; its...agrees very well with those several sorts, particularly walnuts, which require the coldest air, nourish there in vast plenty ; there are palm-trees also, which... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1870 - 784 pages
...plain below. Josephus thus boasts of the fertility of Gennesaret : " Its nature is wonder- Joscpinw ful as well as its beauty. Its soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow *ccount ol upon it, and the inhabitants, accordingly, plant all sorts of trees there ; for Urct. the... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1872 - 774 pages
...Jowphn«' fui as well as its beauty. Its soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow "cconnt <* upon it, and the inhabitants, accordingly, plant all sorts of trees there ; for wet. the temperature of the air is so well mixed, that it agrees very well with Ui'ise several sorts... | |
 | James Morison - 1873 - 1020 pages
...furlongs in length, and twenty in breadth. ( War, iii, 10. 8). " Its nature is "wonderful," he says, "as well as its beauty. Its soil is so fruitful, that...grow upon it; and the inhabitants accordingly plant on it all "kinds. The temperature of the air is so well mixed, that it agrees with the " different... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1874 - 836 pages
...description of tho district when under cultivation is couched in glowing t >rms ; ho tells us that " its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty ; its...air is so well mixed that it agrees very well with these several sorts, particularly waluuts, wliich require the coldest air, flourish there in vast plenty.... | |
 | Henry Baker Tristram - 1875 - 544 pages
...Josephus thus describes Gennesaret : — " The soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow on it, and the inhabitants accordingly plant all sorts...air is so well mixed, that it agrees very well with their several sorts. Walnuts, which require the coldest air, particularly flouriih there in vast plentv... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1879 - 706 pages
...takes its name. " The country also that lies over against this lake hath the same name of Gennesareth ; its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty ; its...agrees very well with those several sorts, particularly walnuts, which require the coldest air, flourish there in vast plenty ; there are palm trees also,... | |
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The country also that lies over against this lake hath the same name of Gennesareth; its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty; its soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow upon it, and the inhabitants accordingly plant all sorts of trees... 
