Since we will soon be in Jordan and Israel again riding camels, I thought I would post some fun and interesting facts – and a movie of the camel trying to bite me.
The servant prays to God and asks, “Whichever girl at the well offers me a drink, and offers to water my camels as well, let her be the one you’ve chosen for Isaac.”
Come on! Get real! What girl is going to draw water by hand for a group of men and TEN CAMELS? Do you know how much a camel can drink? Try and guess!
Camels can drink _______ gallons in 10 minutes
Camels can drink _______ gallons in a day
Rebekah drew __________ gallons for 10 thirsty camels
No wonder the servant thought Rebekah was a good wife for Isaac. Good grief, this girl must have been amazing.
The answers are below the YouTube video below.
Camel biting me when I tried to get him to water….
One camel can drink up to 30 gallons in 10 minutes; up to 50 gallons in a day. Rebekah would have drawn about 250 gallons of water and brought it to the camels.
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I give up, Steve, how many gallons can a camel drink in 10 minutes or in a day and how much would Rebekah had to have drawn for 10 thirsty camels? This is fascinating info that I never thought about. I’m anxious to know the answers!
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Only look here if you give up:
20-25 gallons in ten minutes
Up to 40 gallons in one session
Up to 50 gallons in one day
Rebekah many have drawn as much as 400 gallons of water, if the camels had not had any water for a while!
Wow. Where can I find a woman like that? LOL.
Wow! How can I BE a woman like that?
Wow.. thats about 100 ~ 145 litres of water per camel… and 10 camels means over a thousand litres.. and chemistry teaches us 1litre = 1kg..
Rebekah just moved more than a tonne of water! And the word “well” is translated in some Bibles to be a spring. and she had to run down to the spring and collect water in a jar. So she ran back and forth back and forth with no one helping her… (the servant was quietly watching her from the side..) and she did all that, and made it in time to cook dinner? Wow.. The servant really asked God to make sure that Rebekah was the appointed one for Issac…
My brother and i shared a joke saying how she might have been one of those olympic muscle women but then quickly threw it out… too gross and the Bible says she was beautiful..
Praise God..
The servant at the well then prays….I hope she’s good looking?…you know? God?? Can she be ??…a ??Babe???.. 🙂
The servant at the well then prays….I hope she’s good looking?…you know? God?? Can she be ??…a ??Babe???.. 🙂
It depends, how many straws does the camel have on its back!
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