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DineEASTON'S
(Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1897), public domain.