Song: The Camel Train

Genesis 24

V.1 T’was a day in early springtime

By an ancient wayside well,

Eleazar paused to rest his camel train;

He had found a bride for Isaac

E’er the evening shadows fell,

And his weary journey had not been in vain.

So he took the fair Rebekah,

Decked in jewels rich and rare,

Back to Abraham who waited far away;

Where Rebekah loved her Isaac

And he loved Rebekah fair -

O, it must have been a happy wedding day!

Chorus: O, get ready! – the evening shadows fall!

Don’t you hear the Eleazar call?

There is going to be a wedding;

Our joys will soon begin -

In the evening – when the camel train comes in.

V.2 So the blessed Holy Spirit

From the Father-God above

Has come down to earth

To find a worthy bride;

For  our Isaac over yonder

Has prepared His tents of love,

For He wants His fair Rebekah by His side.

We have left our kinfolks gladly,

We have bid the world goodby, 

We shall soon behold our Isaac

In our home beyond the sky -

What a happy, happy wedding that will be!

Chorus:

O, get ready! – the evening shadows fall!

Don’t you hear the Eleazar call?

There is going to be a wedding;

Our joys will soon begin

In the evening – 

when the camel train comes in.

V.3 We are on our camel journey 

to the land beyond the sea,

Where our Isaac waits 

to meet His happy Bride;

What a holy consummation! What a glorious 

jubilee,

When he sees the fair Rebekah by His side.

That will be a joyful meeting

When the camel train comes in,

When Rebekah leaves her camel by the way;

When we close our weary journey 

Midst the joyful noise and din -

That will truly be a happy wedding day.

Chorus:

O, get ready! – the evening shadows fall!

Don’t you hear the Eleazar call?

There is going to be a wedding;

Our joys will soon begin

In the evening –

when the camel train comes in.