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What the scriptures call the Sea of Galilee is today called Lake Kinneret. It has also been called Lake Tiberius, Lake of Gennesaret or the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1) Ginnosar, Lake of Gennesar, Sea of Chinneroth, Sea of Tiberias (Roman) and Waters of Gennesaret.

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