What is a camel?
In the space provided use written expression or illustration to describe a camel.
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A camel can be described as brown in color. They have even toes which provides them with great balance. Camels have great fat storage in their humps. They can travel long distances, because they can access the fat storage for survival. The most common camels in the bible were one humped. One humped camels inhabit the land of the Middle East. In fact, the camel is a prized position. It’s believed that camels were the first animal employed by humans.
The use of the camel is vastly spread-out in the Bible. We even use camels today!
Today, we still use camels for transportation and raise them on many farms. In the days of Abraham, camels made travel possible for God’s people, because they could go days without eating and drinking. They carried people and their luggage for a hundred miles a day. Biblical people employed camels for other reasons also. For example, camels were raised like cattle, used for food and clothing, and given as gifts for special occasions. Finally, camels were ridden into battle. They were also a social status symbol. Much like our automobiles.
Below, match the scriptures to the positions camels held. Match the job to the scripture!
Genesis 24:61
Genesis 37:35
1 Samuel 30:17
Genesis 30:43
Matthew 2:11
Genesis 32:15
Leviticus 11:4
Matthew 3:14
Food
Transportation
Burdens
Clothing
War
Gifts
Wealth
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Read Genesis chapter 24! Genesis chapter twenty-four, provides a perfect example of employed camels. Abraham wanted a wife for his son Isaac. Isaac was around forty years old. Why did Abraham not choose a damsel from Mesopotamia? _____________________________________________________________________________
Who does Abraham choose for the journey? Include everyone and everything.
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Abraham sends his most trustable servant. He can be described as a white-headed man. What does the scriptures state a white-headed person?
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Proverbs 16:31
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Proverbs 20:29
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Eliezer was the name of his servant. He took several other servants with him on the distant journey. How many is several? __________________
How many camels? ___________________
What else did the group carry on the backs of their camels? ______________________________________________________________________________
Camels can travel a hundred miles per day. The Bible describes a long journey. How many miles do you speculate? ____________________________ (Consider people, gear, weather, and the meaning of several.)
Eliezer finally sees a pretty girl carrying water on her head. Eliezer knows she is the one God sent, because was showed she was a child of God by her actions.
What else did she do for Eliezer besides giving him a drink of water? ______________________________________________________________________________
According to a local camel owner, a camel can drink up to thirty gallons of water in thirteen minutes. How many camels were in the company? ______________________________________________________________________________
Now, multiply that number by thirteen. How many minutes did you get? ______________________________________________________________________________
We can conclude Rebekah went above and beyond what many of us would do for a stranger. What type of excuses do we use? ______________________________________________________________________________
Rebekah traveled back with Eliezer and the group on the back of a camel. Rebekah also brought her nurse and servants with her and they rode ten camels.
How does the love story end?
