brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.

"Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.

So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.