עדשים, Gen. xxv, 34; 2 Sam. xvii, 28; xxiii, 11; Ezek. iv, 9, a
sort of pulse; in the Septuagint φακὸς, and Vulgate _lens_. The lentils
of Egypt were very much esteemed among the ancients. St. Austin says,
they grow abundantly in Egypt, are much used as a food there, and those
of Alexandria are considered particularly valuable. Dr. Shaw says,
beans, lentils, kidney beans, and garvancos are the chief of their pulse
kind. Beans, when boiled and stewed with oil and garlic, are the
principal food of persons of all distinctions. Lentils are dressed in
the same manner as beans, dissolving easily into a mass, and making a
pottage of a chocolate colour. This, we find, was the red pottage” which
Esau, from thence called Edom, exchanged for his birthright.
sort of pulse; in the Septuagint φακὸς, and Vulgate _lens_. The lentils
of Egypt were very much esteemed among the ancients. St. Austin says,
they grow abundantly in Egypt, are much used as a food there, and those
of Alexandria are considered particularly valuable. Dr. Shaw says,
beans, lentils, kidney beans, and garvancos are the chief of their pulse
kind. Beans, when boiled and stewed with oil and garlic, are the
principal food of persons of all distinctions. Lentils are dressed in
the same manner as beans, dissolving easily into a mass, and making a
pottage of a chocolate colour. This, we find, was the red pottage” which
Esau, from thence called Edom, exchanged for his birthright.