Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jack Kilmon <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

Brian Sullivan wrote:

> Greetings to all,
>
> It is my understanding that the camel is said to be undomesticated before
> the time of Abraham. However the account of Isaac and Rebecca refers to a
> camel (gamel). I believe the assumption that camels were not domesticated
> is based on the lack of illustrated camels found in Egyptian tombs. [There
> is probably other evidence, but I do not know of it].
>
> Can the Hebrew word gamal refer to another burden bearing animal?

Camels had been domesticated by the time the Abraham account was written.
Abraham came from "Ur of the Chaldees" although the Chaldees post-date
Abraham by 900 years but Ur was part of the Chaldean Empire when the
account was written.

Jack

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