Lentils - lens culinaris - Genesis 25:34
Lentils were the main ingredient of the pottage which Jacob had cooked and Cain desired to eat after he came in from hunting. The pulse on which the young Daniel and his companions thrived was vegetable, probably lentils, peas and beans were important constituents of it, and this proved to be a more health giving diet than the rich foods of the court of Babylon.
