Difference between revisions of "Duel of lentils"

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duo of lentils: like two peas in a pod, the twins Shem and Shaun,
lentils: reference to Jacob and Esau in Genesis. Esau, the first-born twin, trades sold his birthright for the lentil porridge ("mess of pottage") prepared by Jacob, the younger brother.

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-* '''lentils''': a pea
+* '''duo of lentils:''' like two peas in a pod, the twins Shem and Shaun,
+* '''lentils:''' reference to Jacob and Esau in  Genesis. Esau, the first-born twin, trades sold his birthright for the lentil porridge ("mess of pottage") prepared by Jacob, the younger brother.
-* a "''duo'' of lentils": two peas, the twins Shem and Shaun, corresponding to Jacob and Esau in the biblical book of Genesis. Esau, the first-born twin, returned from a hunt obne day both exhausted and famished. He declared that he would "despise his birthright" for the lentil porridge his brother was cooking. Jacob gave him the food in exchange for an oath from Esau that he would indeed give up his right to rule.
 [[Category: Twins]]
+[[Category:Jacob and Esau]]
+[[Category: Old Testament]]