The same reference work says: “In Mesopotamia, cuneiform lists mention the creature [the camel] and several seals depict it, indicating that the animal may have reached Mesopotamia by the beginning of the second millennium, ” that is, by Abraham’s time. Some scholars believe that South Arabian merchants involved in the incense trade used camels to transport their goods northward through the desert, heading to such areas as Egypt and Syria and thereby introducing camels to these areas.
قابل توجه است که در پیدایش ۳۷ :‏ ۲۵ -‏ ۲۸ به تاجران اسماعیلی اشاره شده است که حدود صد سال بعد از زمان ابراهیم می‌زیستند و از شتر برای حمل‌ونقلِ بخور به مصر استفاده می‌کردند .‏