Travellers: Often Collected Together and Formed Caravans

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.