The meaning of Lentiles in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(Heb. 'adashim), a species of vetch (Genesis 25:34; 2Sam 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 (II Samuel 17:28). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling a bean.


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