Lentiles: (Heb. '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.
