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Donkey as pack animal

Donkey as pack animal


‎For transporting materials, one used donkeys as beasts of burden, though they also could be used for riding. However, in earlier times donkeys were also employed in interregional trade. Even today one can find donkeys with heavy loads, piled up high, which they carry through the small streets of the Near-Eastern cities.
‎Gen 42:26–27; 43:18, 43:24; Josh 9:4; 1 Sam 25:18, 25:20, 25:23, 25:42; 2 Sam 17:23; 1 Chron 12:40; Neh 13:15; Isa 21:7; 30:6; Sirach 33:25


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