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Plin. l. xviii. c. 12.LENTIL, a sort of Pulse, whereof there is Mention made in several Places of the Scripture. Esau sold his Birthright to Jacob for a Gen. xxv. 30.Mess of Lentils. The Lentils of Egypt were very much esteemed among the Ancients1. Saint Austin says2, that they were carried into several Parts of the World.
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