It certainly is a strong possibility. In Bereishit 24:11:
birkayim, knees. And people in fact make camels kneel down. That is how you get onto a camel. And that is how you get down from a camel. (Actually, you get down from a duck, but that is another story.) Thus, he stopped his travels outside the city, by the well of water.
Though likely not, I thought I'd mention another possibility, that is, that וַיַּבְרֵךְ comes from the word bereicha, a pool of water. Camels drink a lot before and after journeys, storing the water in their humps. So perhaps something one did with a camel after traveling was bringing it to an oasis.
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