(Hebrews `adashim), a species of vetch (Genesis 25:34; 2 Samuel 23:11), common in Syria under the name addas. The red pottage made by Jacob was of lentils (Genesis 25:29-34). They were among the provisions brought to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:28). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling a bean.

Jacob and Esau
... 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. ...
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A Bad Bargain
... 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 xxv.27 ...
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Rule for Interpreting those Sayings and Actions which are Ascribed ...
... And any sane man would prefer eating fish after the manner of our Lord, to eating
lentiles after the manner of Esau, or barley after the manner of oxen. ...
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A Revelation on the Trial of Perfect Chastity.
... demons with whom he had fought openly and for a long while; and when some holy men
had come to him, he was preparing for them a porridge of lentiles which they ...
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Of the Things Mystically Prefigured in Esau and Jacob.
... primacy of the elder was transferred to the younger by a bargain and agreement between
them, when the elder immoderately lusted after the lentiles the younger ...
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There is Another Evil of the Day, which I Would were Sufficient ...
... I know also that Esau was deceived by lusting for lentiles; and that David blamed
himself for desiring a draught of water; and that our King was tempted, not ...
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About to Speak of the Temptations of the Lust of the Flesh, He ...
... I know, too, that Esau was deceived by a longing for lentiles, [913] and that David
took blame to himself for desiring water, [914] and that our King was ...
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He Compares the Doctrine of the Platonists Concerning the Logos ...
... Egyptian food, lost his birthright; and so the Jewish people, of whom it is said
they turned back in heart to Egypt, in a manner craved for lentiles, and lost ...
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Lentiles (4 Occurrences)
... It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling
a bean. Multi-Version Concordance Lentiles (4 Occurrences). ...
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Lentils (4 Occurrences)
... len'-tilz ('adhashim; phakos; Genesis 25:34 2 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 23:11; Ezekiel
4:9; the King James Version Lentiles): These are undoubtedly identical with ...
/l/lentils.htm - 9k

Lentil (1 Occurrence)

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Fitches (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles,
and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread ...
/f/fitches.htm - 9k

Riseth (165 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:34 and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he
eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright ...
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Roasted (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 17:28 couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and
flour, and roasted 'corn', and beans, and lentiles, and roasted 'pulse', (YLT ...
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Eateth (81 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:34 and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he
eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright ...
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Drinketh (33 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:34 and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he
eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright ...
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Despiseth (23 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:34 and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he
eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright ...
/d/despiseth.htm - 13k

Birth-right (9 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he
ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau despised his birth-right. ...
/b/birth-right.htm - 9k

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