Camels
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of
trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old
lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry
their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their
treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall
not profit [them]....
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Herds of
Ge 12:16; 24:35; 30:43; 1Sa 30:17; 1Ch 27:30; Job
1:3,17;
Isa 60:6
-Docility of
Ge 24:11
-Uses of
For riding
Ge 24:10,61,64; 31:17
Posts
Es 8:10,14; Jer 2:23
Drawing chariots
Isa 21:7
For carrying burdens
Ge 24:10; 37:25; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 8:9; 1Ch 12:40; Isa
30:6
For cavalry
1Sa 30:17
For milk
Ge 32:15
-Forbidden as food
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The species of camel which was in common use among the Jews
and the heathen nations of Israel was the Arabian or one-
humped camel, Camelus arabicus. The dromedary is a swifter
animal than the baggage-camel, and is used chiefly for
riding purposes; it is merely a finer breed than the other.
The Arabs call it the heirie. The speed, of the dromed...
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kam'-el (gamal; kamelos; bekher, and bikhrah (Isa 60:6; Jer
2:23 "dromedary," the American Revised Version, margin
"young camel"), rekhesh (1 Ki 4:28; see HORSE), kirkaroth
(Isa 66:20, "swift beasts," the American Standard Revised
ersion. "dromedaries"); bene ha-rammakhim (Est 8:10, "young
dromedaries," the American Standard Revised Version "b...
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And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she
shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let
the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant
Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness
unto my master....
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And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a
well of water at the time of the evening, [even] the time that
women go out to draw [water]....
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And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot
of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; and he hearkened
diligently with much heed:...
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from the Hebrew _gamal_, "to repay" or "requite," as the
camel
does the care of its master. There are two distinct
species of
camels, having, however, the common characteristics
of being
"ruminants without horns, without muzzle, with
nostrils forming
oblique slits, the upper lip divided and separately
movable and
extensile, the soles of t...
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gamal. A ruminant animal, the chief means of communication
between places separated by sandy deserts in Asia, owing to
its amazing powers of endurance. The "ship of the desert,"
able to go without food, and water for days, the cellular
stomach containing a reservoir for water, and its fatty hump
a supply of nourishment; and content with such c...
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she
came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart....
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