Let's Take a Look at Camels in the Bible Quiz

Answer: Rebekah

Rebekah is the correct answer.

Genesis 24:12-14 tells of an unnamed servant of Abraham standing by a well and praying to God for a sign informing him about the right woman to pick as a wife for Isaac. According to Scripture, the servant had been sent to Mesopotamia by Abraham to find a wife for his only son. (In the NIV, Mesopotamia is referred to as Aram Naharaim.)

As part of the prayer request, the servant asked God that a sign the woman is the right one for Isaac would be when he asked her for a drink she would oblige and also offer to give his camels some water. Verse 15 goes on to state that before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. The rest, as they say, is history.

Answer: Rachel

Rachel is the correct answer with the unusual story told in the 31st chapter of Genesis. Verse 19 tells of Rachel stealing the household gods after her husband Jacob had a quarrel with her father Laban. Verses 34-35, in the NIV Bible, tells what happened when Laban went looking for his missing items: "Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing. Rachel said to her father, 'Don't be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I'm having my period.' So he searched but could not find the household gods."

Rachel was the mother of Joseph of Benjamin. She and her sister Leah were both married to Jacob.

Answer: Job

According to Job 1:3, Job had immense wealth, making him the "greatest of all the people of the east." The verse states Job owned three thousand camels as well as seven thousand sheep, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and "a very large household".

Job, of course, had his life turned upside down and inside out when he was beset with a series of calamities. According to Job 1, his seven sons and three daughters died when a windstorm toppled the house they were in while he ended up in deteriorating health. On top of this, Job lost all his material wealth.

According to Job 1:3 he originally had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, making him "the greatest of all the people of the East."

However, after suffering through his calamities, Scripture tells of God blessing Job immensely in his latter days. Job 42 tells of Job becoming the father of seven sons and three daughters once again, enjoying good health and basically having twice as much material wealth as before.

Answer: Gideon

Zebah and Zalmunna, two kings of Midian, were killed by Gideon, a judge of Israel, as per Judges 8:21. Scripture doesn't provide details about how Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, but it is known that after their deaths Gideon took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

According to Biblegateway.com, the death of the two kings meant a turning point in the struggle of the Israelites against their Midianite oppressors.

Answer: Amalekites

1 Samuel 30 tells of the Amalekites raiding Israel and taking a large number of captives, including two of David's wives, Ahinoam and Abigail.

Scripture tells of David learning of the location of the Amalekite captors and staging a surprise attack while they were in the midst of a gala celebration.

Verse 17 explains things this way in the NKJV: "Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled."

Answer: Queen of Sheba

The visit by the Queen of Sheba is recalled in the 10th chapter of 1 Kings and the 9th chapter of 2 Chronicles. The NIV reports she arrived in Jerusalem with "a very great caravan" of camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones. Scripture also reports she was "overwhelmed" with Solomon's wisdom and his immense wealth. According to notes in the NKJV Study Bible, Sheba was located in southwestern Arabia, present-day Yemen.

Answer: Ezekiel

The prophecy against Ammon and its capital Rabbah is found in Ezekiel 25:5. After issuing the prophecy against Ammon, Ezekiel proceeded to announce a similar fate for Moab, Edom and Philistia.

According to the prophecies, the countries faced dire consequences for their hostilities against Judah and they would know the LORD is God.

Ezekiel lived along the banks of the Chebar River in Babylon during the era when the people of Judah were in captivity, as per Ezekiel 1:1.

Answer: Matthew

In Matthew 23:24, Jesus accused the scribes and Pharisees of being "blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel."

Practically all of Matthew 23 is devoted to Jesus strongly denouncing the religious leaders of the day.

For example, in Matthew 23:27-28, Jesus has this to say in the NKJV: "'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.'"

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible state the Pharisees would meticulously strain out the smallest unclean insect -- the gnat -- with a cloth filter before drinking liquids, especially wine. However, Jesus said they would easily swallow a camel. Christ was exaggerating, of course, but His point was they were guilty of neglecting mercy, justice and faith while paying full and complete attention to the most minute of details of man-made laws.

Answer: John the Baptist

According to Scripture, John the Baptist wore clothes made of camel hair. Matthew 3:4, in the NKJV, states: "Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist." I imagine John must've done a lot of sweating beneath the Mediterranean sun as I don't envision clothes made of camel hair to be ideal for hot weather.

John the Baptist is regarded by many Christians as the last of the Old Testament prophets as he served as a forerunner to Christ.

Answer: Jesus

The statement was made by Jesus in Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25 and Luke 18:25. Christ made the statement after He had a conversation with a the rich, young ruler. In the conversation, the rich, young ruler took pride in keeping the Ten Commandments from his youth. In return, Christ advised the young man to sell whatever he had and give to the poor. Upon hearing this, the man went away "sorrowful, for he had great possessions."

After the man left, Christ told His disciples, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."