Camel


Abram's wealth

After receiving the Abrahamic Covenant and learning about the Promised Land of Canaan, Abram traveled in Canaan until severe famine drove him to Egypt. In Egypt, he lied about Sarai being his sister. The princes praised her beauty to Pharaoh, so she was taken into Pharaoh's house. While deceived, he gave Abram sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. (Genesis 12:16)

Israel's idolatry

Jeremiah prophesied that Israel was like a restless young camel: "How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, / I have not gone after the Baals’? / Look at your way in the valley; / know what you have done— / a restless young camel running here and there, / a wild donkey used to the wilderness, / in her heat sniffing the wind! / Who can restrain her lust? / None who seek her need weary themselves; / in her month they will find her. / Keep your feet from going unshod / and your throat from thirst. / But you said, ‘It is hopeless, / for I have loved foreigners, / and after them I will go.’" (Jeremiah 2:23-25)

John the Baptist's fashion

John the Baptist wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. (Matthew 3:4)