Travel (Genesis 24), flocks for wealth (Job ch.1), beasts ofburden (1 Kings ch.10), and warfare (Judges 7:12).Interestingly, Bible-critics once claimed that camels hadn't yetbeen domesticated in Abraham's time. But the Canophorin tablet,dating from 18th century BCE gives a list of fodder for camels andother household animals. And a cylinder seal from Mesopotamia,dating from the patriarchal era, shows riders sitting oncamels.