Chayei Sarah (Part 3) - Genesis 23:1-25:18

In the story of Rebecca, of the servant of Abraham bringing gifts (among which are camels), watching if she would water his camels, to bringing her back on a camel, and her falling off (or perhaps an inelegant dismount) from the camel when she saw Isaac (Genesis 24:64), one would think that there were camels everywhere in the Canaanite territories.

Well, during the period when much of Genesis was actually written or compiled, there were camels. But that was several centuries after the period when these events were supposed to have taken place.

It's akin to having a story set in the bronze age talking about having made so many iron tools (Genesis 4:22), or mentioning the Kings of Israel (Genesis 36:31) in a setting that was centuries before there were any kings.

It should be obvious to but the most loyal religionist that Moses (if he existed) did not write the Book of Genesis. His name isn't anywhere to be found within the text, and, as with Deuteronomy 1:1, there are so many indicators that the text was written so much later.

It's something to consider.

Finally, here's is a meme to summarize all of this: