3136. 'And behold, he was standing with the camels' means presence in general facts. This is clear from the meaning of 'standing with' as being present, and from the meaning of 'the camels' as general facts, dealt with in 3048, 3071.

In Genesis 11:24, Terah, Abraham's father, as a nation represents idolatrous worship. (Arcana Coelestia 1353)

In Genesis 11:31, when Terah leaves Ur for Haran, partway to Canaan, it signifies that people who were in idolatrous worship were instructed in the celestial and spiritual things of faith, so that a representative church could arise from them. (Arcana Coelestia 1373)

In Joshua 24:2, it notes that Terah served other gods. In Arcana Coelestia 5628[2] there are interesting details about this. Abraham's ancestors worshipped 'God Shaddai', which name connotes temptations and, after hardship, comfort.