Camel

How Nave’s arranged it

• Herds ofGenesis 12:16Genesis 24:35Genesis 30:431 Samuel 30:171 Chronicles 27:30Job 1:3Job 1:17Isaiah 60:6
• Docility ofGenesis 24:11
• Uses of
• For ridingGenesis 24:10Genesis 24:61Genesis 24:64Genesis 31:17
• PostsEsther 8:10Esther 8:14Jeremiah 2:23
• Drawing chariotsIsaiah 21:7
• For carrying burdensGenesis 24:10Genesis 37:251 Kings 10:22 Kings 8:91 Chronicles 12:40Isaiah 30:6
• For cavalry1 Samuel 30:17
• For milkGenesis 32:15
• Forbidden as foodLeviticus 11:4
• Hair of, made into clothMatthew 3:4Mark 1:6
• Ornaments ofJudges 8:21Judges 8:26

The passages, in Bible order (29)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:16

   He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

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   “(Vs. 15 and 16) And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was brought into Pharaoh's house. And Abram benefitted because of her, and he had sheep, and cattle, and donkeys, and male and female servants, and mules and camels.

   “The intelligent strategy of the patriarch did not fail. They did not seek to do him harm. Moreover, a way out of it presented itself so that the marriage of the holy man would not be violated, because the Egyptians did not fling themselves on …

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2. Genesis 24:10

   Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

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   “And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed,.... Camels were much in use in the eastern countries; where, as Pliny (o) says, they were brought up among their herds of cattle, and their riches much consisted in them. Arabia abounded with them; Job had three thousand of them, Job 1:3; how many Abraham had is not said, only ten of them his servant took, being sufficient for his present purpose, and which he took with his master's leave, and by his order.

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3. Genesis 24:11

   As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

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   "In the evening," therefore, she came to the waters. We have already spoken above about evening. But behold the prudence of the servant. He does not wish to take a bride for his master, Isaac, unless he finds a virgin becoming and beautiful in appearance, and not only a virgin, but one whom a man has not touched. She must be one whom he should discover drawing water. He does not wish to betroth another to his master.He does not give her jewelry unless she is such a person. He does not give "earrings"; he does not give "bracelets."

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4. Genesis 24:35

   “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

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   “And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly,....

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5. Genesis 24:61

   Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

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   “And Rebekah arose, and her damsels,.... Her maids that were given her by her parents to wait upon her, as was usual in those times and countries: and they rode upon the camels; that Abraham's servant had brought with him: and followed the man; who rode before and directed the way; the sense is only, that she went along with him: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way; took her under his care, and to be the wife of his master's son, at the hands of her friends, and then set forward on his journey.

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6. Genesis 24:64

   And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

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   Rebekah followed the servant and comes to Isaac. The church followed the prophetic word, to be sure, and comes to Christ. Where does she find him? "Walking," the text says, "at the well of the oath." On no occasion is one withdrawn from wells; on no occasion does one stand apart from waters. Rebekah is found "at a well." Rebekah in turn finds Isaac "at a well." There she gazed upon his countenance for the first time. There "she dismounted from the camels."

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7. Genesis 30:43

   Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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   “And the man increased exceedingly,....

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8. Genesis 31:17

   Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

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   “Then Jacob rose up,....

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9. Genesis 32:15

   30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

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   “Thirty milch camels with their colts,....

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10. Genesis 37:25

    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

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    “Joseph was rejected by his brothers and was received by the Ishmaelites; in the same manner our Lord and Savior was rejected by the Jews and received by the pagans. The Ishmaelites who received Joseph carried along with them all kinds of perfumes, and this …

    “Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.

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11. Leviticus 11:4

    But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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    “Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat,....

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12. Judges 8:21

    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

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    “Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, rise thou and fall upon us,....

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13. Judges 8:26

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

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    “And the weight of the golden earrings he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold,....

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14. 1 Samuel 30:17

    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

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    “And David smote them, etc. Christ smites heretics in two ways: either by chastising them to receive the faith or by anathematizing them to endure eternal punishment. Both of these forms of smiting extend from evening to evening, because they reach from the recognition of …

    “The poor and the feeble, the blind and the lame, are called and come because the weak and the despised in this world are often quicker to hear the voice of God, as in this world they have nothing to delight them.The Egyptian servant of the Amalekites is a good example of this. When the Amalekites were plundering and moving about, he was left behind on the road sick and fainting from hunger and thirst.

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15. 1 Kings 10:2

    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

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    “We read also in the book of Kings that the queen of the South came from the end of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon. Actually, it was customary for that nation to be always ruled by women, whom they called Kandakes.The …

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16. 2 Kings 8:9

    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

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    “So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him,.... As was usual when a prophet or seer was consulted, see 1Sa 9:7. even of every good thing of Damascus; which was a very fruitful place, and had abundance of gardens and orchards in it, which yielded excellent fruit, and of such it is probable the present consisted, and which was large: even forty camels' burden: which, as they are strong creatures, will bear a great deal.

    “Therefore the king, when he heard of the coming of Elisha, sent Hazael, one of his noble men, to meet him. He ordered him to persuade the prophet to take care of his healing, and since he thought that this request must be accompanied with …

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