"The flanks of the hill on which the village stands are covered with vines which creep along the ground; their grapes [are] of a prodigious size.." In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's "Survey of Western Palestine" described Beit Jenn as a good village built of stone, with 300 Muslims and 100 Druze, with extensive gardens and vineyards.A population list from about 1887 showed "Beit Jenn" to have about 1,215 inhabitants; all Druse.