Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 14:34

"And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret." — Matthew 14:34 (ASV)

They came into the land of Gennesaret — The name, possibly a corruption of the older Chinneroth (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:3), belonged to the western shore of the lake to which it gave one of its titles, and included Capernaum, to which, as we learn from John 6:17 and 24, the disciples were steering. The region was one of singular fertility (the name has been explained as meaning the “Garden of Sharon”) and was then one of the most populous districts of Palestine.