Mess of pottage

Lentil dish called figuratively a currently tempting, but in truth low-value gift in exchange for a much higher quality good. Background of this importance is the biblical narrative (Gen 25.29 to 34 EU), according to Jacob, the younger son of Isaac, his older brother Esau, whose birthright bought from against a plate of lentils, when Esau came home exhausted from the hunt. The meal will be in the story at first only as " something red " ( הָאָדֹם ha - Adom ) denotes the term " mess of pottage " (Hebrew: נְזיִד עֲדָשׁיִם nəzīd ʕădāšīm ) only comes in the last verse literally before (Gen 25:34 LUT). Due to the red color of the court Esau is in the same passage in the Bible as the forefather of the Edomites ( Edom אֱדוֹם ) refers.

In Albert Lortzings Singspiel The Armourer of that is taken humorously:

• Themes and motifs (Old Testament)
• Religion ( food and drink )
• Biblical topic
• Jacob ( Patriarch )