Lentils
עֲדָשִׁים (adashim)
VEGETABLE
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 4 verses (KJV)
Vegetable
Description
Lentils cooked down into a thick, reddish stew that was cheap, filling, and easy to prepare over a fire — exactly the kind of food a hungry man returning from the field would crave. Esau traded his entire birthright for a single bowl of it.
Key verses
“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”
Genesis 25:34
All 4 referencesshow
- 2 Samuel 17:28
- 2 Samuel 23:11
- Ezekiel 4:9
- Genesis 25:34