Encyclopedia entry
Pottage
Heb. nazid, “boiled”, a dish of boiled food, as of lentils (Gen. 25:29; 2 Kings 4:38).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
[Lentils]
In the Bible
7
Verses where Pottage is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Kings 4:38
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
- 2 Kings 4:39
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
- 2 Kings 4:40
And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
- Genesis 25:29
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
- Genesis 25:30
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom. )
- Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
+1 more verse naming Pottage.
Scripture on Pottage
3
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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