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- Genesis 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Mar 15, 2022 · But read Genesis carefully and you see that all its camels come from outside of Israel, from Syria, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, where there is ample evidence of domestication of the camel during the period of the patriarchs” (see Mark W. Chavalas, “Did Abraham Ride a Camel?”
Feb 19, 2014 · Recent news reports[1] are claiming that the references to camels in the patriarchal narratives (Gen 12:16; etc.) of Genesis are “anachronistic,” or historically out of place, because there is allegedly no evidence for camel domestication before the tenth century BC.
Genesis 1 to 11 presents a foundational narrative of the world’s creation and early history according to the Bible. It starts with the creation story, where God creates the universe, Earth, and all life within six days, culminating in the creation of humans in His image.
Dec 31, 2001 · The Bible first mentions the camel in Gen. 12:16, where the presents are listed which the pharaoh gave to Abram. This is generally reckoned to be a later scribe’s addition, for it seems unlikely that there were any camels in Egypt then (1970, p. 66, emp. added).
Jan 3, 2023 · Thus, camel domestication had taken place in Mesopotamia by the time of Abraham. Accordingly, Chavalas argues that the camels in the stories of Abraham in Genesis are not anachronistic.
Avram Shannon, “Camels,” in Old Testament Cultural Insights, ed. Taylor Halverson (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2022). The Old Testament mentions camels multiple times in the narratives of the matriarchs and patriarchs in Genesis.
Genesis 24:10. King James Version. 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. Read full chapter. Genesis 24:10 in all English translations.
