CAMELS IN THE BIBLE
compiled by Dee Finney
6-3-15 DREAM
I was living in my Father's house on 16th St. and our next door neighbors bought a young camel and named it "Baby".
It was really cute but say bigger than a large dog.
Camel
The species of camel which was in common use among the Jews and the heathen nations of Palestine 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 dromedary has been greatly exaggerated, the Arabs asserting that it is swifter than the horse. Eight or nine miles an hour is the utmost it is able to perform; this pace, however, it is able to keep up for hours together. The Arabian camel carries about 500 pounds. "The hump on the camel's back is chiefly a store of fat, from which the animal draws as the wants of his system require; and the Arab is careful to see that the hump is in good condition before a long journey. Another interesting adaptation is the thick sole which protects the foot of the camel from the burning sand. The nostrils may be closed by valves against blasts of sand. Most interesting is the provision for drought made by providing the second stomach with great cells in which water is long retained. Sight and smell is exceedingly acute in the camel." --Johnson's Encyc. It is clear from (Genesis 12:16) that camels were early known to the Egyptians. The importance of the camel is shown by (Genesis 24:64; 37:25; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Chronicles 14:15; Job 1:3; Jeremiah 49:29,32) and many other texts. John the Baptist wore a garment made of camel hair, (Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6) the coarser hairs of the camel; and some have supposed that Elijah was clad in a dress of the same stuff.
A Templar-related story illustrates a good point. It is said that you are born a camel. You get down on your knees, and a load is placed upon you (conditioned beliefs of childhood). When you grow up and leave home, you become a lion who goes into the desert. Eventually, the lion runs into a dragon who has "Thou Shalt" written on each of his scales (confronting the conditioned beliefs). The lion slays the dragon and transforms into a baby. At that point, you have overcome the conditioned beliefs and are operating from your own heart's center.
FROM A PAGE I DID CALLED JESUS SAID: http://www.greatdreams.com/jesussd.htm
HERE IS ONE QUOTE:
Matthew 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
MOSLEM PROPHECY
Moslems are waiting for the world teacher Mahdi:
"Mahdi who will create a world state will make the ruling nations pay for their
crimes against society. He will bring succor to humanity. He will take out the
hidden wealth from the breast of the earth and will distribute it equitably
amongst the needy deserving. He will teach you simple living and high thinking.
He will make you understand that virtue is a state of character which is always
a mean between the two extremes, and which is based on equity and justice. He
will revive the teaching of the Holy Qur'an and the traditions of the Holy
Prophet after the world has ignored them as dead letters… he will protect and
defend himself with resources of science and supreme knowledge. His control over
these resources will be complete. He will know how supreme they are and how
carefully they will have to be used. His mind will be free from desires of
bringing harm and injury to humanity. Such a knowledge to him will belike the
property which was wrongly possessed by others and for which he was waiting for
the permission to repossess and use.
He, in the beginning, will be a poor stranger unknown and uncared for, and Islam
then will be in the helpless and hopeless plight of an exhausted camel who has
laid down its head and is wagging its tail. With such a start he will establish
an empire of God in this world.
He will be the final demonstration and proof of God's merciful wish to acquaint
man with the right ways of life…"
IN THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH IS LISTED A SERIES OF PLAGUES THAT WILL OCCUR BEFORE JESUS RETURNS
Zech 1414:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the housesrifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
14:5 And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.
14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark:
14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
14:8 And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
14:11 And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought againstJerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all thebeasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
14:16 And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came againstJerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feastof tabernacles.
14:17 And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem toworship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they thatsacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
EXPLANATION OF THE PLAGUE OF THE CAMEL
The fifth plague of the 10 plagues that the God of the Israelites sent as judgment upon Egypt, through Moses, was the death of livestock, as recorded in the book of Exodus. In this plague, all the Egyptian livestock die, but not the Israelites' don't. The Egyptian gods insulted by this plague include Ptah (god of Memphis), Hathor (a goddess represented by a cow), and perhaps others as well. The story is recorded in Exodus 9:1-7 (see text below).
In addition to the separation established between Israel and the Egyptians, a definite time is set for the coming of the 5th plague. It is to be noticed also that diseases of cattle and of men follow quickly after the plague of insects. This is in exact accord with the order of nature as now thoroughly understood through the discovered relation of mosquitoes and flies to the spread of diseases.
Rinderpest is still prevalent at times in Egypt, so that beef becomes very scarce in market and is sometimes almost impossible to obtain. It is a fact, also, that the prevalence eft cattle plague, the presence of boils among men and the appearance of bubonic plague are found to be closely associated together and in this order. The mention of camels as affected by this plague is interesting.
Exodus 9:1-7
1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
It is doubtful if any clear indication of the presence of the camel in Egypt so early as this has yet been found among the monuments of Egypt. There is in the Louvre museum one small antiquity which seems to me to be intended for the camel.
It would seem likely that the Hyksos, who were Bedouin princes, princes of the desert, would have introduced the beasts of the desert into Egypt. If they did so, that may have been sufficient reason that the Egyptians would not picture it, as the Hyksos and all that was theirs were hated in Egypt.
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There are two or three varieties of the camel, but they do not differ from each other much more than our horses, some of which, the stout and strong, we use to draw heavy loads; others, more slender and graceful, we use for riding. The swift camel is called a Dromedary; it will carry its rider a hundred miles a day. Dromedaries are mentioned in the book of Esther, where messages were to be sent in haste to all parts of a vast kingdom; the messengers rode "on mules, and camels, and young dromedaries."
This is a very large animal and is mentioned a great many times in the Bible. I think you will like to find all these places, and see what is said about the camel. It seems as though God made it to live in just such countries as it does, for it can go a great many days without drinking any water; and if it were not for this, it would die of thirst, because the wells and springs are so far apart. If the people of those countries had not the camel they could not travel; so you see how kind God is to them.
The foot of the camel is curious. It is very broad, having two divisions with a horny tip at the end of each; and underneath is a sort of elastic cushion, like a sponge, on which the animal treads. It is very strange to see a dozen or twenty large and heavy camels pass along almost without any noise; so still that you would hardly know they were coming if you did not look up.
There is a very beautiful story in the twenty-fourth chapter of Genesis, Genesis 24 in which there is something about camels. I will tell you part of it. In the country where it happened a man does not generally choose a wife for himself, but his father or some other friend chooses for him. You have heard about Abraham, and know that he was a good man and a friend of God. When his son Isaac was forty years old, Abraham wished to find a wife for him, but he was not willing to take one from among the people where he lived, because they were very wicked. So he called a good old servant that he had-a gray-headed man-and told him that he wished him to go to a distant country and bring a wife for Isaac from there. Then Eliezer, the servant, took several other servants, and ten of his master's camels, and many presents, and started on his journey. After they had travelled a great many days, they came near to the city where Abraham had told them to go. It was just before night, and that was the time when the young women used to go out of the city to draw water. I have told you that there are not many wells in that country, so that a great many persons draw water at one place. It is the custom for females to go for it, and they usually carry it in pitchers on their heads.
Eliezer made his camels lie down by this well, because they had come to the end of their journey and were very tired. But how was he to know who would be a good wife for Isaac, among all the women of this large city? He did not know; but he was a good man, and he prayed to God to choose one for him, and let him know which she was. And he asked God to let him know in this way which I will tell you. When the young women came out to the well, he was going to ask them for some water, and he prayed that the one who answered him kindly, and gave him drink, might be the right one for Isaac's wife. Pretty soon he saw a young woman coming with her pitcher on her head, and she was very fair and handsome; but this alone did not satisfy Eliezer. He waited till she had drawn some water and placed it upon her head. Then he said to her, "I pray thee let me drink a little water from they pitcher;" -and she took it down and resting it on her hand, answered very pleasantly and kindly, " Drink, my lord."While he was drinking, she saw that he looked like a stranger, and that his camels seemed tired with the journey, and she was sorry from them. So she said, "I will draw water for the camels too;" - and she did draw enough for all the ten camels, though she must have been pretty tired when it was done, for these animals drink a great deal. From all these circumstances Eliezer felt sure that God had heard his prayer; and it gave him pleasure to think that if this young woman was willing to take so much trouble for a traveller whom she did not know, she would be a very kind and good wife.
I cannot tell you all; but Eliezer found that the young woman, whose name was Rebekah, was willing to go with him to be Isaac's wife. When all was ready for the journey she was seated upon one of the ten camels, and her nurse upon another, and some of her female servants upon others. After they had been riding some days, they came, just at evening, near the place where Isaac lived, and saw him walking in the field. He came to meet Rebekah, and was very glad to see her, and when she became his wife he loved her very much.
Carrier, A beast of burden very common in the East, where it is called "the land-ship," and "the carrier of the desert." It is six or seven feet high, and is exceedingly strong, tough, and enduring of labor. The feet are constructed with a tough elastic sole, which prevents the animal from sinking in the sand; and on all sorts of ground it is very sure-footed. The Arabian species, most commonly referred to in Scripture, has but one hump on the back; while the Bactrian camel, found in central Asia, has two. While the animal is well fed, these humps swell with accumulated fat, which is gradually absorbed under scarcity and toil, to supply the lack of food. The dromedary is a lighter and swifter variety, otherwise not distinguishable from the common camel, Jeremiah 2:23. Within the cavity of the stomach is a sort of paunch, provided with membranous cells to contain an extra provision of water: the supply with which this is filled will last for many days while he traverses the desert. His food is coarse leaves, twigs, thistles, which he prefers to the tenderest grass, and on which he performs the longest journeys. But generally, on a march, about a pound weight of dates, beans, or barley, will serve for twenty-four hours. The camel kneels to receive its load, which varies from 500 to 1,000 or 1,200 pounds. Meanwhile it is wont to utter loud cries or growls of anger and impatience. It is often obstinate and stupid, and at times ferocious; the young are as dull and ungainly as the old. Its average rate of travel is about two and one third miles an hour; and it jogs on with a sullen pertinacity hour after hour without fatigue, seeming as fresh at night as in the morning. No other animal could endure the severe and continual hardships of the camel, his rough usage, and his coarse and scanty food. The Arabians well say of him, "Job's beast is a monument of God's mercy."
This useful animal has been much employed in the East, from a very early period. The merchants of those sultry climes have found it the only means of exchanging the products of different lands, and from time immemorial long caravans have traversed year after year the almost pathless deserts, Genesis 37:25. The number of one's camels was a token of his wealth. Job had 3,000, and the Midianites' camels were like the sand of the sea,
Jud 7:12; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Job 1:3. Rebekah came to Isaac riding upon a camel, Genesis 24:64; the queen of Sheba brought them to Solomon, and Hazael to Elisha, laden with the choicest gifts, 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 8:9; and they were even made serviceable in war, 1 Samuel 30:17. The camel was to the Hebrews an unclean animal, Le 11:4; yet its milk has ever been to the Arabs an important article of food, and is highly prized as a cooling and healthy drink. Indeed, no animal is more useful to the Arabs, while living or after death. Out of its skin they make for corn. Of its skin they make huge water bottles and leather sacks, also sandals, ropes, and thongs. Its dung, dried in the sun, serves them for fuel.
CAMELs' HAIR was woven into cloth in the East, some of it exceedingly fine and soft, but usually coarse and rough, used for making the coats of shepherds and camel-drivers, and for covering tents. It was this that John the Baptist wore, and not "soft raiment," Matthew 11:8. Modern dervishes wear garments of this kind and this appears to be meant in 2 Kings 1:8.
The expression, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle," etc., Matthew 19:24, was a proverb to describe an impossibility. The same phrase occurs in the Koran; and a similar one in the Talmud, respecting an elephant's going through a needle's eye. See also the proverb in Matthew 23:24, which illustrates the hypocrisy of the Pharisees by the custom of passing wine through a strainer. The old versions of the New Testament, instead of, "strain at" a gnat, have, "strain out," which conveys the true meaning.
(1.) The Bactrian camel is distinguished by two humps. It is a native of the high table-lands of Central Asia.
(2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek dromos, "a runner" (Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 2:23), has but one hump, and is a native of Western Asia or Africa.
The camel was early used both for riding and as a beast of burden (Genesis 24:64; 37:25), and in war (1 Samuel 30:17; Isaiah 21:7). Mention is made of the camel among the cattle given by Pharaoh to Abraham (Genesis 12:16). Its flesh was not to be eaten, as it was ranked among unclean animals (Leviticus 11:4; Deuteronomy 14:7). Abraham's servant rode on a camel when he went to fetch a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10, 11). Jacob had camels as a portion of his wealth (30:43), as Abraham also had (24:35). He sent a present of thirty milch camels to his brother Esau (32:15). It appears to have been little in use among the Jews after the conquest. It is, however, mentioned in the history of David (1 Chronicles 27:30), and after the Exile (Ezra 2:67; Nehemiah 7:69). Camels were much in use among other nations in the East. The queen of Sheba came with a caravan of camels when she came to see the wisdom of Solomon (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chronicles 9:1). Benhadad of Damascus also sent a present to Elisha, "forty camels' burden" (2 Kings 8:9).
To show the difficulty in the way of a rich man's entering into the kingdom, our Lord uses the proverbial expression that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (Matthew 19:24).
To strain at (rather, out) a gnat and swallow a camel was also a proverbial expression (Matthew 23:24), used with reference to those who were careful to avoid small faults, and yet did not hesitate to commit the greatest sins. The Jews carefully filtered their wine before drinking it, for fear of swallowing along with it some insect forbidden in the law as unclean, and yet they omitted openly the "weightier matters" of the law.
The raiment worn by John the Baptist was made of camel's hair (Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6), by which he was distinguished from those who resided in royal palaces and wore soft raiment. This was also the case with Elijah (2 Kings 1:8), who is called "a hairy man," from his wearing such raiment. "This is one of the most admirable materials for clothing; it keeps out the heat, cold, and rain." The "sackcloth" so often alluded to (2 Kings 1:8;Isaiah 15:3; Zechariah 13:4, etc.) was probably made of camel's hair.
2. (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
kam'-el (gamal; kamelos; bekher, and bikhrah (Isaiah
60:6 Jeremiah
2:23 "dromedary," the American
Revised Version, margin "young camel"), rekhesh (1
Kings 4:28; see HORSE), kirkaroth (Isaiah
66:20, "swift beasts," the American Standard Revised ersion. "dromedaries");
bene ha-rammakhim (Esther
8:10, "young dromedaries," the American Standard Revised Version "bred of
the stud"); achashteranim (Esther
8:10, 14, the King James Version "camels," the American Standard Revised
Version "that were used in the king's service")): There are two species of
camel, the Arabian or one-humped camel or dromedary, Camelus dromedarius, and
the Bactrian or two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus. The latter inhabits the
temperate and cold parts of central Asia and is not likely to have been known to
Biblical writers. The Arabian camel inhabits southwestern Asia and northern
Africa and has recently been introduced into parts of America and Australia. Its
hoofs are not typical of ungulates but are rather like great claws. The toes are
not completely separated and the main part of the foot which is applied to the
ground is a large pad which underlies the proximal joints of the digits. It may
be that this incomplete separation of the two toes is a sufficient explanation
of the words "parteth not the hoof," in Leviticus
11:4 and Deuteronomy
14:7. Otherwise these words present a difficulty, because the hoofs are
completely separated though the toes are not. The camel is a ruminant and chews
the cud like a sheep or ox, but the stomach possesses only three compartments
instead of four, as in other ruminants. The first two compartments contain in
their walls small pouches, each of which can be closed by a sphincter muscle.
The fluid retained in these pouches may account in part for the power of the
camel to go for a relatively long time without drinking.
The Arabian camel is often compared with justice to the reindeer of the
Esquimaux. It furnishes hair for spinning and weaving, milk, flesh and leather,
as well as being an of invaluable means of transportation in the arid desert.
There are many Arabic names for the camel, the commonest of which is jamal (in
Egypt gamal), the root being common to Arabic, Hebrew and other Semitic
languages. From it the names in Latin, Greek, English and various European
languages are derived. There are various breeds camels, as there are of horses.
The riding camels or dromedaries, commonly called hajin, can go, even at a walk,
much faster than the pack camels. The males are mostly used for carrying
burdens, the females being kept with the herds. Camels are used to a surprising
extent on the rough roads of the mountains, and one finds in the possession of
fellachin in the mountains and on the littoral plain larger and stronger pack
camels than are often found among the Bedouin. Camels were apparently not much
used by the Israelites after the time of the patriarchs. They were taken as
spoil of war from the Amalekites and other tribes, but nearly the only reference
to their use by the later Israelites was when David was made king over all
Israel at Hebron, when camels are mentioned among the animals used for bringing
food for the celebration (1
Chronicles 12:40). David had a herd of camels, but the herdsman was Obil, an
Ishmaelite (1
Chronicles 27:30). Nearly all the other Biblical references to camels are to
those possessed by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Ishmaelites, Amalekites,
Midianites, Hagrites and the "children of the East" (see EAST). Two references
to camels (Genesis
12:16 Exodus
9:3) are regarded as puzzling because the testimony of the Egyptian
monuments is said to be against the presence of camels in ancient Egypt. For
this reason, Genesis
12-16, in connection with Abram's visit to Egypt, is turned to account by
Canon Cheyne to substantiate his theory that the Israelites were not in Egypt
but in a north Arabian land of Mucri (Encyclopaedia Biblica under the word
"Camel," 4). While the flesh of the camel was forbidden to the Israelites, it is
freely eaten by the Arabs. There are three references to the camel in New
Testament:
(1) to John's raiment of camel's hair (Matthew
3:4 Mark
1:6);
(2) the words of Jesus that "it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" (Matthew
19:24 Mark
10:25 Luke
18:25);
(3) the proverb applied to the Pharisees as blind guides, "that strain out the
gnat, and swallow the camel" (Matthew
23:24). Some manuscripts read ho kamilos, "a cable," in Matthew
19:24 and Luke
18:25.
There are a few unusual words which have been translated "camel" in text or
margin of one or the other version. (See list of words at beginning of the
article) Bekher and bikhrah clearly mean a young animal, and the Arabic root
word and derivatives are used similarly to the Hebrew. Rakhash, the root of
rekhesh, is compared with the Arabic rakad, "to run," and, in the Revised
Version (British and American), rekhesh is translated "swift steeds." Kirkaroth,
rammakhim and 'achashteranim must be admitted to be of doubtful etymology and
uncertain meaning.
Alfred Ely Day
1072. bikrah -- a young camel,
dromedary
... 1071,
1072. bikrah. 1073 . a young camel,
dromedary. Transliteration:
bikrah Phonetic Spelling: (bik-raw') Short Definition: camel. ...
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6k
1071. Beker -- "young camel,"
two Israelites
... 1070,
1071. Beker. 1072 . "young camel,"
two Israelites. Transliteration:
Beker Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-ker) Short Definition: Becher. ...
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1707. dabbesheth -- a hump
... hunch
of a camel. Intensive from the
same as dbash; a sticky mass, ie The hump of
a camel --
hunch (of a camel). see HEBREW dbash.
1706, 1707. ...
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327. achashteran -- royal
... Word
Origin of foreign origin Definition royal NASB Word Usage royal (1). camel.
Of Persian origin; a mule -- camel.
326, 327. achashteran. 328 . ...
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1070. beker -- dromedary
... dromedary.
Transliteration: beker Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-ker) Short Definition:
camel. ... From
bakar (in the sense of youth); a young camel --
dromedary. ...
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1582. Gemalli -- a Danite
... Gemalli.
Probably from gamal; camel-driver;
Gemalli, an Israelite -- Gemalli. see
HEBREW gamal. 1581, 1582. Gemalli. 1583 . Strong's Numbers.
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3733. kar -- basket-saddle
... the
sense of plumpness; a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram
(as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle
(as ...
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6k
Acts of Peter and Andrew.
... Peter
says to him: One thing I say unto thee: it is easier for a camel to
go through
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven. ...
/.../unknown/acts of
peter and andrew/acts of peter and andrew.htm
On Riches
... Second
Series Sermon 108 On Riches. "It is easier for a camel to
go through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." ...
/.../wesley/sermons on
several occasions/sermon 108 on riches.htm
In the Next Place, with Regard to the
Declaration of Jesus against ...
... In
the next place, with regard to the declaration of Jesus against rich men, when
He said, "It is easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle, than ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xvi in the
next.htm
Joseph the Dreamer.
... Now,
a camel ride
of fifty miles was not an easy undertaking, for there were robbers
in these parts, and the old man was much pleased when Joseph said he was ...
/.../anonymous/children
of the old testament/joseph the dreamer.htm
And once Being Asked by the Monks to Come
Down and visit them And. ...
... he
journeyed with those who came to him. And a camel carried
the loaves
and the water for them. For all that desert is dry, and ...
/.../athanasius/select
works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 54.htm
Elijah --Passionate in Prayer
... upon
him. James, the brother of the Lord, and the author of this Epistle,
was nicknamed "Camel-knees" by the early Church. James ...
/.../whyte/lord teach
us to pray/vi elijahpassionate in prayer.htm
At the Well
... A
careening camel, almost white in
the early morning sunshine, broke the
sky-line far up the road leading from Tanis in the north. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxvii at the well.htm
The Shepherd of Pella
... Chapter
III THE SHEPHERD OF PELLA. Momus drew up his camel.
The woman who had
followed halted. ... There
was silence. Momus made the camel kneel. ...
/.../miller/the city of
delight/chapter iii the shepherd of.htm
On the Road to Jerusalem
... The camel-driver,
Hiram, seemed only a little less stupefied than she. ... Past
this
grisly line, a camel with
a single rider swept in from seaward. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter ii on the road.htm
St John the Baptist
... of
our minds, I fear, at once, many of the loveliest of them all: those in which
Raffaelle and others have depicted the child John, in his camel's hair
raiment ...
/.../kingsley/all
saints day and other sermons/sermon xxviii st john the.htm
Camel's (3
Occurrences)
... Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia CAMEL'S HAIR.
(triches kamelou): In Matthew
3:4 and Mark 1:6 the description of John's raiment is ...
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Camel-trains (3 Occurrences)
Camel-trains. Camel's, Camel-trains.
Camest . Multi-Version Concordance
Camel-trains (3 Occurrences). Job 6:18 The camel...
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7k
Camel-loads (1 Occurrence)
Camel-loads. Camel, Camel-loads.
Camels . Multi-Version Concordance
Camel-loads (1 Occurrence). 2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael ...
/c/camel-loads.htm - 6k
She-camel (1
Occurrence)
She-camel. Shebu'el, She-camel. Shecaniah .
Multi-Version Concordance
She-camel (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 2:23 How
are ...
/s/she-camel.htm - 6k
Dromedary (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's
Bible Dictionary (Isaiah 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel
having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has
two. ...
/d/dromedary.htm - 8k
Needle (4 Occurrences)
... ne'-d'-l
(rhaphis): The word "needle" occurs only 3 times, namely, in the reference
to Christ's use of the proverb: "It is easier for a camel to
go through a ...
/n/needle.htm - 10k
Bottle (28 Occurrences)
... The
primitive bottle among eastern peoples was really a bag made from skins, tanned
or untanned, of kid, goat, cow, camel or
buffalo-in most cases drawn off of ...
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Needle's (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew
19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to
go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." (WEB ASV BBE DBY). ...
/n/needle's.htm - 7k
Matthew 19:24 Again
I tell you, it is easier for a camel to
go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of
God."
(WEB KJV WEY
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Matthew 23:24 You
blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
(WEB KJV WEY
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Mark 10:25 It
is easier for a camel to
go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
(WEB KJV WEY
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Luke 18:25 For
it is easier for a camel to
enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom
of God."
(WEB KJV WEY
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Genesis 24:64 Rebekah
lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Genesis 31:34 Now
Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's
saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Leviticus 11:4 "'Nevertheless
these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the
hoof: thecamel, because he chews the cud but
doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Deuteronomy 14:7 Nevertheless
these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof
cloven: the camel,
and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but don't part the hoof,
they are unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
1 Samuel 15:3 Now
go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare
them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and
donkey.'"
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Kings 8:9 So
Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing
of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said,
"Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying,'Will I recover from
this sickness?'"
(Root in WEB KJV
JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Isaiah 21:7 When
he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he
shall listen diligently with great attentiveness."
(Root in WEB KJV
JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Jeremiah 2:23 How
are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your
way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting
her way in and out;
(BBE JPS NAS
RSV NIV)
Zechariah 14:15 So
will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel,
and of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in those camps, as that
plague.
(WEB KJV JPS
ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Camel: Hair of, Made Into Cloth
Camel: Uses of Drawing Chariots
Camel: Uses of for Carrying Burdens
The Camel of the Rich Adorned With Chains
The Camel used for Carrying Burdens
The Camel used for Conveying Posts and Messengers
The Camel used for Drawing Chariots
The Camel: A Part of Patriarchal Wealth
The Camel: Abounded in the East
The Camel: Characterised by Its Docility
The Camel: Characterised by The Bunches on Its Back
The Camel: Coarse Cloth Made from Its Hair
The Camel: Esteemed a Valuable Booty
The Camel: Found in Deserted Places
The Camel: Furniture of, Alluded To
The Camel: Kept in Numbers by Kings
The Camel: Referred to in Illustrations by Christ
The Camel: The Dromedary a Species of, Remarkable for Swiftness
The Camel: Treated With Great Care
Nevertheless (153 Occurrences)
- Similarto Abraham's Anachronistic Camels? - Christianity Today
Feb 14, 2014 ... Like the nose of a camel under the tent, archaeological research has raised new questions about the Bible's version of ancient history.
www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/world/.../do-camel-bones-discredit-the-bible/ - Similarto Do camel bones discredit the bible? - CNN.com
Feb 20, 2014 ... Two archeologists have dated ancient camel remains. Their findings call into question the bible's stories.
www.christianpost.com/.../camels-in-genesis-prove-old-testament... - Similarto Camels in Genesis Prove Old Testament is 'Very Accurate ...
Feb 16, 2014 ... "What these archaeologists are doing… is when they read about somebody like Abraham having camels, they're saying, "Aha! The Bible is ...
time.com/6662/the-mystery-of-the-bibles-phantom-camels/ - Similarto The Mystery of the Bible's Phantom Camels | TIME
Feb 11, 2014 ... Once upon a time, Abraham owned a camel. According to the Book of Genesis, he probably owned lots of camels. The Bible says that Abraham ...
https://answersingenesis.org/...bible.../the-bible-wins-the-deb... - Similarto The Bible Wins the Debate with Carbon-Dated Camel Bones ...
Feb 10, 2014 ... Archaeologists claim camels weren't domesticated in the Middle East until a millennium after the Bible records their use. God's Word records ...
www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/.../camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html - Similarto Camels Had No Business in Genesis - NYTimes.com
Feb 10, 2014 ... There are too many camels in the Bible, out of time and out of place.Camels probably had little or no role in the lives of such early Jewish ...
www.theblaze.com/.../does-the-camel-study-really-prove-that-the... - Similarto Does the Camel Study Really Prove That the Bible Is ...
Feb 17, 2014 ... Since the Bible references Abraham, among others, using camelshundreds of years before they were domesticated in the region, critics are ...
creation.com/camels - Similarto Camels and the Bible - Creation
Feb 11, 2014 ... Domesticated camels existed when and where the Bible claims they were.
news.nationalgeographic.com/.../140210-domesticated-camels-isra... - Similarto Domesticated Camels Came to Israel in 930 B.C., Centuries ...
Feb 10, 2014 ... Domesticated camels weren't known in Israel until about 900 B.C., ... into the Land of Canaan by camel in a 19th-century Bible illustration.
www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/camels/ - Similarto CAMELS IN THE BIBLE
See 'camels' instances in the King James Version (KJV).
- Similarto The Old Testament's made-up camels are a problem for Zionism ...
Feb 13, 2014 ... Andrew Brown: The earliest camel bones have been dated at 1500 ... There are 21 references to camels in the first books of the Bible, and now ...
www.foxnews.com/science/.../camel-bones-suggest-error-in-bible/ - Similarto Camel bones suggest error in Bible, archaeologists say | Fox ...
Feb 6, 2014 ... Archaeologists say they've pinpointed the domestication of camels in the Middle East -- and the science directly contradicts dates in the Bible.
www.biblearchaeology.org/.../The-Date-of-Camel-Domestication-in... - Similarto The Date of Camel Domestication in the Ancient Near East
Feb 17, 2014 ... In reality, there is abundant evidence that the Bible's mention of camelsas early as the time of Abraham is contextually and historically accurate ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Do-camels-prove-Bible-INACCURATE- Archaeolog... - Similarto Do camels prove that the Bible is INACCURATE? | Daily Mail ...
Feb 4, 2014 ... Camels are mentioned in Biblical stories involving Abraham, Joseph ... They claim this shows that text in the Bible was compiled long after the ...
- Similarto Archaeology Find: Camels In 'Bible' Are Literary Anachronisms ...
Feb 14, 2014 ... Because of her kindness in offering to water the camels. That's just one of dozens of camel cameos in the Bible, mostly in the book of Genesis, ...
- Similarto Camel archaeology contradicts the Bible | The Times of Israel
Feb 5, 2014 ... Camels were first introduced to Israel around the 9th century BCE, centuries after they were depicted in the Bible as Patriarch-era pack animals, ...
biblehub.com/topical/c/camel.htm - Similarto Topical Bible: Camel - Bible Hub
Camel. The species of camel which was in common use among the Jews and the heathen nations of Palestine was the Arabian or one-humped camel, Camelus ...
www.icr.org/article/genesis-camels-biblical-error/ - Similarto Genesis Camels: Biblical Error? | The Institute for Creation ...
Feb 24, 2014 ... Media outlets were quick to claim the Bible to be guilty of an anachronism for mentioning domesticated camels too “early” in the history of the ...
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