The Bible (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - In the Beginning - full transcript
Noah endures God's wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith in God; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and his faith in God is rewarded when the Red Sea parts to allow the Israelites to escape Pha
[Thunder]
Another one!
[Animals chatter and quack]
[Snarling]
In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
The earth was a formless void,
and darkness covered
the face of the deep.
And God said,
"let there be light",
and there was light.
On the second day
God separated the waters
to form the seas and the sky.
[Grunting]
[Snarls]
[Squeals]
On the third day
God created the land...
...with trees and plants
and fruits.
Will we ever see land again?
Of course. Of course we will.
The next day
he put the sun, the moon
and the stars in the heavens.
And on the fifth day,
all the creatures of the sea...
...and of the air.
And on the sixth day
all the creatures of the ground.
[Elephants bellow]
And then
he made
us.
To live in paradise.
Until...
Adam and Eve disobeyed God
and ate the forbidden fruit.
And with one choice,
they learned both good
and evil.
Since then,
since Cain killed Abel,
God has seen too much evil
in human hearts.
[Groans and screams]
Wrong choices, wrong decisions.
That's why
this is happening.
Our creator decided
to cleanse the earth.
God warned me.
He told me to build a boat.
A boat to save our family,
and all the animals.
Every other living creature...
Would die.
[Birdsong and roaring]
[Animals gibber and bleat]
And on the seventh day,
God...
Rested.
After the floodwater's
engulfed the world,
there is a new beginning
for Noah's descendants
and a chance to restore
the relationship
between God and humanity.
This is the Bible.
Lord!
[Jesus] It has begun.
What are we going to do?
Change the world.
A nation and a people
find faith
in an all-powerful creator.
[Jesus]
You only have one father,
and he is in heaven.
You only have one teacher,
and he is the Christ.
Their story
helps define who we are.
If you hunger for righteousness,
then you will be filled
through me.
The choices we make.
Whoever believes in me
shall never die.
How we live
[jesus] Blessed are the poor,
for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Ho how we love.
[Jesus] Blessed are the meek,
for they shall
inherit the earth.
How we struggle and overcome.
[Jesus] There will be
no more death, or mourning,
or crying or pain.
I am coming soon.
Before billions
can believe in him
one man must hear God's voice
and have the faith to follow.
Abraham, leave your home
and go to the land
I will give to you
and your offspring.
I will bless you.
I will make you a father
of many nations,
with descendants
as numerous as the stars.
All the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.
Sarah.
God has spoken to me.
Come with me.
Lot, my nephew, walk with us.
Abraham?
God has spoken to me.
He will lead us to a new home.
But we have a home,
a good home.
Away from the city
to a new land.
For our children.
But you have no children.
You can never have children.
[Abraham] But we will.
He has promised descendants
as numerous as the stars.
He spoke to me. He promised.
Sarah, believe me.
Believe me.
[Both chuckle]
And, lot, you are with me?
He will lead us
to a land of wonder.
No.
No.
[Laughing]
Such wonder!
Driven by the belief that
he will father a great nation
Abraham leads his small tribe
to the land
promised to him by God.
What else can I do?
All the other land is taken!
You can't have mine!
[Shouting]
Calm down!
Stop! Come away!
This can't go on. You've got
to tell Abram what we decided.
What's going on?
His men are trying
to take our pasture.
God gave us this land to share.
Then he should have
given us more of it.
Tell him.
Abraham, there just
isn't enough land.
There are too many of us.
The Lord will provide.
Have faith.
In a God we cannot see?
It's time we go
our separate ways.
No. No, we must stay together.
Stay and starve?
Stay and watch our men
kill each other
over a blade of grass?
Uncle.
We're leaving.
Very well.
Where do you want to go?
To the greener pastures
closer to Sodom.
[Abraham] Sodom?
They are dangerous lands.
Take care.
With no children of his own,
Abraham's nephew lot is the
closest thing he has to a son.
How can I lead a people...
...when I can't even
lead my own family?
[Chatter]
[Groans]
[Abraham] Quickly, help him!
It's one of lot's men.
Samuel! Hurry!
Here, lean on me.
What happened?
We didn't stand a chance.
There were so many of them.
And lot?
Alive, but taken prisoner.
Help him.
Here, take my hand.
Lean on me. That's better.
Tend to him.
We have some trained men.
Abraham, you are not soldiers.
I told them to trust in God.
I made lot come with us.
And then they left us.
They had their pick of
the land. It was their choice.
They are family.
We have to help them.
God will take care of us.
[Sobs]
[Drumming and chatter]
[Horse whinnying]
[Drumming and chatter]
[Woman shouting]
I think I'll need a hand
on this one!
Leave her alone!
Let her go!
Abraham. There are too many.
[Woman crying]
Leave her!
Trust in God!
[Shouts]
[Weeping]
[Abraham] Lot!
Oh, lot!
Ah!
So few of us against so many.
God is with us.
Abraham.
We're carrying on to Sodom.
Lot, many men have
died to save you.
I've lost men too.
We must stay together.
No.
No, Uncle.
We can't.
The future is in the city.
Come with us.
We have to carry on.
Let's go.
Thanks. Abraham?
Come inside.
The stars. The stars.
- Abraham?
- The stars.
All of them. Count them.
- Abraham.
- Count them, count them.
- Our creator...
- Shh.
...who made the stars,
will give us
as many descendants
to populate our land.
He has promised.
You will have a child.
- I won't.
- You will!
I won't.
I can't.
It's too late for me.
But for you there's
still a chance.
Her.
Hagar.
The servant girl.
No.
No, no, no.
No.
Yes.
Come on!
Hold it steady, ishmael.
[Laughing]
Sarah, did you see that?
Did you see that?
Oh! My boy!
My boy!
My boy.
Your boy.
Go with your mother.
Abraham.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
Abraham.
Welcome, Lord.
Please join me.
Bring water.
Prepare food for our visitors.
Yes, master.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
Have you traveled far?
Yes. A long way.
Abraham. Where is your wife?
In there.
Next year, Sarah
will have a son.
Ah.
Ah.
Ugh.
Why do you laugh?
- I didn't laugh.
- You did.
And when you have a son,
you will name him Isaac,
which means laughter.
Thank you for your hospitality.
We must go.
Can I help you on your way?
Where are you going?
[Thunder]
To decide the fate of Sodom.
[Musicians playing]
Get out of here!
[Angel] Sodom has become
corrupt, a city of sin.
[Abraham]
But my nephew lot lives there.
He has a family.
[Angel] The outcry
against Sodom is great.
Its sins are very grave.
[Thunder]
You're going to destroy it?
The whole city?
Good girl!
[Abraham] You are a just God.
Will you destroy the good men...
- This way.
- ...Along with the evil ones?
[Shouting]
[Angel] Please! Help!
Help us! Help!
What if there were
50 good people in Sodom?
Will they suffer the same fate
as the wicked?
[Angel] Please help us!
We will test them.
If my angels find
50 righteous people in Sodom,
I will spare the whole city.
- [Man] Find these prisoners!
- Please, help us.
- [Man] They went this way!
- Help us.
Or fewer? 30.
20.
[Abraham] You would not
destroy them, surely?
- Please!
- Down there!
Help us!
- This way.
- Please.
What if there were ten
righteous men in Sodom?
[Abraham]
Would you not save them?
Lot. What are you doing?
Who are these people?
They need our help.
I'll do what I can for you.
Even if I find only ten,
I will save the whole city.
- This way!
- Show yourselves!
[Child crying]
[Wife] Shh.
[Bang]
They're here!
Open the door! Open the door!
[Banging on door]
Give us the strangers!
[Banging on door]
Bring them out!
Bring them out!
They are guests in my house.
- Let them be.
- We'll take you too!
Open the door! Show yourselves!
[Shouting outside]
Step aside.
[Thunder]
[Men screaming]
- We must go.
- I can't see!
Come on.
For Abraham's sake,
the Lord is saving you.
Keep moving. That's it.
Wait.
There they are!
Let's go.
[Thunder]
Have faith, Abraham.
[People screaming]
You are safe now.
You must get away.
The city is being punished.
Do not look back
at the city of sin.
Do not look back!
Lot.
Oh!
Don't look back!
No!
Lot's wife is turned
into a pillar of salt
for disobeying God.
Lot and his daughters
flee to the mountains
never to see Abraham again.
[Sarah moaning]
[Sarah moaning]
How is she?
How is she?
[Sarah moaning]
[Sarah cries out]
[Sarah moans]
[Baby crying]
[Shouting and cheering]
Oh! Oh!
[Sobbing]
[Baby griping]
[Sarah crying]
A boy.
Isaac.
As he promised.
[Laughs]
[Baby cries]
[Laughs]
[Singing]
Mm. Ooh!
Your bread.
Eat your food, ishmael.
[Abraham] Ishmael!
- Come and see! Hurry!
- I am!
Ah.
It's good.
[Sighs]
[Sighing]
Sarah?
What's the matter?
That woman thinks her boy
is going to inherit
what rightfully
belongs to Isaac.
What do you mean?
Who is to be the first
of all our tribe, Abraham?
The first star of all
those stars in the heavens?
Our son?
Or hers?
- Sarah, I...
- Abraham.
Abraham!
You decide.
Mama.
Or let God decide.
[Chatter]
Be brave.
Assured by God
that they will survive,
Abraham sends hagar and ishmael
into the wilderness.
[Abraham] Goodbye, ishmael.
Oh, my boy.
My boy.
When you grow up, God will
bless you with many children.
[Sobs]
Mwah! Let me make you
some breakfast, Isaac.
After years of struggle,
Abraham has learned
that to be chosen by God
is a blessing and a test.
He must prove his faith
again and again.
[Wind blowing]
A sacrifice?
No. No.
[Thunder]
No.
Have I not shown you
enough faith?
[Chatter]
[Sarah] Eat up.
When you have
children of your own,
you'll want them
to grow up as big and...
Abraham?
What's the matter?
God wants a sacrifice.
My boy.
Come with me.
[Birdsong]
Father, we have the firewood.
But where's the lamb?
The Lord will provide
a sacrifice, my son.
[Bleating]
Did Abraham take a lamb?
No, mistress.
Oh!
Bring the wood.
Father? What are you doing?
You're hurting me, father.
Isaac.
You must trust in God.
[Sobbing]
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Please.
Please.
Please, father.
Forgive me.
Please.
[Sobbing]
Abraham.
[Bleats]
[Bleats]
A sacrifice?
Oh, my boy, my boy.
My boy.
My boy.
Oh!
[Sobbing]
[Sobbing]
[Sarah gasping]
[Sarah sobbing]
No.
No.
[Sarah sobbing]
Isaac!
[Sarah laughs]
[Sarah sobbing]
Oh!
[Sarah sobbing]
Abraham has passed
the ultimate test.
He will become the father
of God's nation.
Abraham.
Now it's up to Isaac.
He will have a son called Jacob.
God will rename him Israel.
The promise of descendants
as numerous as the stars
is coming true.
But soon famine
forces the Israelites
far from the promised land
to Egypt.
Here they are enslaved
by Pharaoh.
Over the next 400 years,
Abraham and God
become a distant memory.
All his people reduced
to beasts of burden.
Except one.
[Batya] Moses.
You're not going to fight again.
I can't refuse.
He's Pharaoh's son, mother.
The fighting between them
has to stop.
Moses doesn't want to fight.
It's your son who forces him
into it, and keeps losing.
[Laughs]
You may be my sister's favorite,
but I will be Pharaoh.
I will be God!
Please.
Fight me! I order you!
Moses!
Enough!
[Groaning]
[Groaning]
He needs to learn his place!
But you were the one
that started it!
I will be Pharaoh!
Then you'd better start
behaving like one.
This is your fault. You should
never have let her keep him.
[Pharaoh] Silence.
- You're not one of us!
- Silence, I said!
What's he talking about?
You'd better tell him now.
You!
Come with me!
Mother. Tell me what?
What?!
Moses.
I love you like a son.
But you're not my blood!
You were born a slave.
Fetch them all!
[Baby crying]
[Batya] Father killed
so many children.
He feared a rebellion.
Your people were too many.
My...
People?
I saved you.
[Baby crying]
Your people are
out there, Moses.
Our slaves.
The Israelites.
You had a brother, Aaron.
And a sister.
Miriam.
But they are not like us.
Come on! You! Come on!
Come on, up you get, whore!
[Batya] They worship
the God of Abraham,
and he has deserted them.
[Groans and moans]
Israelite scum!
No, please! Please! I beg you!
Jump!
Run, run!
I will hide the body.
My Lord, the amulet of Moses.
Shall we hunt him down?
No, let him go.
He's no threat now.
Welcome to your new life,
Moses!
You are nothing now!
Nothing.
[Thunder]
[Batya] Your people
are out there, Moses.
[Ramses] You're not one of us!
[Batya] They worship
the God of Abraham.
[Ramses] You should never
have let her keep him.
[Batya]
And he has deserted them.
[Ramses] I will be Pharaoh!
[Wind howling]
[Wind recedes]
Moses.
Moses.
I am here.
I am the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and Jacob.
You are real?
I am.
I have seen
the misery of my people.
I am sending you to Pharaoh
to bring them out of Egypt.
But how can I set them free?
I will be with you.
With your power,
I will set my people free.
In Egypt, there is
a new man on the throne.
Moses's old rival
is now Pharaoh.
Thank you, father.
One day you'll have
an army of them. Real ones.
[Grunting]
[Gasping]
Come on!
[Groaning]
Nothing has changed.
So much suffering.
Hey, you!
Hey, you!
Back to work!
Wait. Wait. Please.
I'll take care of him, master.
What are you doing? Trying
to get us all a beating?
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
My name is Moses.
Moses?
You are Moses?
I need to see your elders.
Come with me.
This man says he's Moses!
[Ira] The runaway prince.
You're wanted for murder.
If you're who you say you are,
why would you return?
God has sent me.
I am here
to set you free.
[Laughs] God has sent you?
Yes, God sent me.
To speak to you.
Have you forgotten God?
Even if you have...
He has not forgotten you.
[Ira] In case you had forgotten,
Pharaoh is the only God
we have to fear.
And you think
he's just going to let us go?
Who created the earth,
sea,
sky?
Who created you?
Pharaoh?
Or God?
You're demented.
[Aaron] No!
He isn't!
[Sighs]
He's my brother.
Aaron.
Moses!
God sent me a dream
to say you would return.
This is Miriam, your sister.
Brother.
My children.
My family.
My people.
Our people.
- God's people!
- God's people!
Old Pharaoh may have
been fond of you.
But it's his son
you'll have to deal with now.
Why would Pharaoh even see you?
Oh...
He'll want to see me.
You have a son.
An heir. Our dynasty
will last forever.
Why are you here, Moses?
Have you come to ask
for forgiveness?
No. No.
God saved me for a purpose.
Yes?
I come to demand
that you release his people
from slavery.
Demand?
Let my people go.
[Laughs] You always
were a fighter, Moses.
But you never knew
when you were beaten.
If you defy God,
you will be punished.
You return, after all these
years, to threaten me?
Tell me.
Is it your invisible God
that's going to punish me?
The one who abandons
his people?
The one who runs
from his responsibilities,
from his past?
From his family?
Teach them who God is.
I am God!
I am God!
Moses! You've made
Pharaoh angry.
He will punish us.
Don't make it worse.
God has spoken to me.
He will force Pharaoh
to free us...
If he has to.
What should we do?
Sister. Brother.
All of you.
Trust in God!
Pharaoh is over there.
If he didn't listen to you
when you were six feet away,
why would he hear you now?
You will see.
Put your staff...
To the water.
[Gasping]
Master!
Come out of the water!
There's blood! There's blood!
There's blood! Blood everywhere!
- Your majesty!
- Swim to us!
Master!
You are not a God.
You are just a man.
And you will set my people free.
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
Move away!
Moses!
[Laughter]
[Laughter]
Do you doubt, Joshua?
All my life,
I have been Pharaoh's.
I will never be a slave again.
God is with us.
This is just the beginning.
[Abraham] Our Lord
is sending ten plagues
to change Pharaoh's mind.
Let my people go.
No!
No!
No!
Locusts.
Come away! Master!
No!
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Low chatter]
[Aaron] Moses?
What is Pharaoh's answer?
Surely he will see sense now?
No.
He refuses.
Again?
Give up, Moses,
before it's too late.
God will keep on doing this
until Pharaoh breaks.
What's wrong?
Soon there will be
a final plague.
The angel of death is coming.
Every firstborn son will die.
No. Please.
But not us?
Why would he punish us?
Death is coming for us all.
[Raised voices]
Why us?
[Raised voices]
The angel of death is coming.
Every firstborn son will die.
No, please.
But not us?
Why would he punish us?
Death is coming for us all.
[Raised voices]
Why us?
Friends!
We can be spared
God's vengeance,
but only if we do
exactly as he tells us.
Don't spill!
Every single house must
be marked with blood.
The Israelites paint lamb's
blood on their doorways,
identifying them
as God's people.
We promised God would
free our people,
but now he sends us death.
We must trust in him.
[Thunder]
It's coming.
- Will we be safe?
- Don't be afraid, my son.
God have mercy.
[Joshua]
Pharaoh has not listened.
Whatever happens to his people
is now on his head.
Once I counted them
as my people, Joshua.
Our freedom comes at a price.
[Echoing whisper]
The angel of death
finds every israelite house
painted with blood,
and passes over.
[Sighing]
[Pharaoh] Why?
Why?
Why should israelite slaves
have life,
when my son is dead?
Get up.
Get up!
Go!
And leave my land, and take
your wretched God with you!
[Sobs]
Load up, get ready.
Come on, do it.
Moses!
Moses!
[Cheering]
[Cheering]
[Cheering]
We are going to fulfill
Abraham's covenant with God.
We're going to live
in the promised land
with descendants
as numerous as the stars.
[Murmuring]
My son.
How could slaves do this?
I vow to you, here and now,
that I will bring
the Israelites back
and make them build you
the greatest tomb
the world has ever seen.
And Moses's body...
Shall be buried
in its foundations.
This is the exodus.
After 400 years of slavery,
the Israelites are free.
I still can't believe
Pharaoh just let us leave.
- But he did.
- It's what God demanded.
And only a madman would defy
God again after what he's done.
[Aaron] Brother? What now?
Brother?
God will provide a way.
Moses. Why have you
brought us her
God brought us here.
And what does God say
about getting across?
[Joshua] Egyptians, on the hill.
Where is your God now, Moses?
We have them! They're trapped!
Die!
Horses!
Chariots! They're here!
The Egyptians.
Fool! What do we do now?
Or is it because there
were no graves in Egypt
that you brought us here to die?
Because that is
what you've done!
[Man] They're coming!
What do we do?
[Ira] Well?
Moses?
Yaah!
Yaah!
Yaah!
[Raised voices]
[Thunder]
Moses!
Lord, I cannot believe
this is the end
you planned for us.
Yaah!
We have watched you
bring terror on our enemies.
Die!
You kept death from our door.
[Thunder]
- Moses!
- Moses!
Lord!
Come on! Come on!
God is with us!
Follow me!
[Shouting]
God is with us!
We're going to go
straight through there!
Get your men together!
Hurry, hurry!
We have to leave now!
Light torches quickly!
Let's move! Let's move!
Let's move! Move it!
- Let's move!
- Quickly! Hurry!
Have faith!
Come on!
Keep moving!
Hurry!
Don't be afraid!
Have faith!
- Come on!
- Come on! Keep going!
We're nearly there!
Wait!
After them!
Attack!
Now!
[Shouts]
Bring me Moses!
Run! Run!
Run!
Keep moving!
Hurry!
I see their torches!
Come on! Keep moving!
[Screams]
[Moses] They're coming.
They're coming!
Hurry!
Run!
Hurry!
We're almost there!
They're still coming!
Come on!
Come on, old man!
[Cheering]
Hurry! Hurry!
We're here!
They're still coming!
[Shouting]
You are not a God, Pharaoh.
There is only one God...
And he is here
with us.
[Shouting]
No!
No!
Moses.
Moses!
[Thunder]
[Cheering]
Freedom!
[Laughter]
My friends!
My... People.
God has delivered us
from slavery.
We are free.
You have come a long way.
I know.
But our journey
is just beginning.
We must trust in God.
We must follow his path.
Moses leads the Israelites
to mount sinai,
where God first spoke to him
in the burning bush.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Aah!
God gives laws to Moses,
written in stone.
The ten commandments.
[Grunting]
Joshua.
God has...
Renewed the promise
he made to Abraham.
We have new laws, preparing
us for the promised land.
If we are true to God,
he will keep his promise.
Abraham's dream.
Our future.
You are our people's future,
Joshua.
You must take the land
promised to Abraham
and all of his descendants,
as numerous as the stars.
[Joshua] Lord,
I was with Moses when he
handed down these commandments.
I was witness to the covenant,
the promise of a holy nation.
Help me to forge that nation,
to lead your people
to inherit their land.
[Soldier] Joshua!
[Soldier] Joshua!
The Lord brought us
out from Egypt.
[Others] Aye.
He promised us this land.
[Others agree]
And soon...
It will be ours!
Come.
Are you ready?
We'll search the whole city.
Just find me a way in.
We must take Jericho.
It's all that stands between
us and the promised land.
[Grunts]
Hey, hey!
Only collect water in daylight.
Go home now.
- Please.
- Go. Go. Stay indoors.
The Israelites can attack
at any time. Get home.
Rahab.
My little whore.
Oh!
What are you doing out, hm?
- You know it's not safe?
- It's safe enough.
- Oh!
- No-one is safe.
I can look after myself.
[She groans]
Go home.
[Laughs]
[Dog barking]
[Dog barking]
Shh.
What are you men doing here?
Get out! Get out!!
Israelites!
Brother.
- For Israel!
- For Israel.
- The enemy are in!
- Quick.
Sound the alarm!
It has begun.
[Angel] The Lord parted
the waters for Moses.
For you he will split rock.
If we obey the Lord,
anything is possible!
Saul, I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
God is with me!
Samson, your strength
comes from God.
Your duty is to drive
the philistines away.
[Uriah] David, the people
will look to you now
to defend them, unite them.
Jerusalem, our new home.
[Saul] When you have my crown,
will you not kill
my descendants, bury my name?
Wherever you go
I shall hunt you down!
What the Lord gives
he can take away.
What is your name?
My name is Delilah.
Your God has abandoned you,
Samson.
And taken your strength
with him.
No, he wants me
to destroy you all!
The Lord told me
the house of David
will rule Israel forever.
Israel!
There will be no more death,
or mourning, or crying,
or pain.
I am coming soon.
Another one!
[Animals chatter and quack]
[Snarling]
In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
The earth was a formless void,
and darkness covered
the face of the deep.
And God said,
"let there be light",
and there was light.
On the second day
God separated the waters
to form the seas and the sky.
[Grunting]
[Snarls]
[Squeals]
On the third day
God created the land...
...with trees and plants
and fruits.
Will we ever see land again?
Of course. Of course we will.
The next day
he put the sun, the moon
and the stars in the heavens.
And on the fifth day,
all the creatures of the sea...
...and of the air.
And on the sixth day
all the creatures of the ground.
[Elephants bellow]
And then
he made
us.
To live in paradise.
Until...
Adam and Eve disobeyed God
and ate the forbidden fruit.
And with one choice,
they learned both good
and evil.
Since then,
since Cain killed Abel,
God has seen too much evil
in human hearts.
[Groans and screams]
Wrong choices, wrong decisions.
That's why
this is happening.
Our creator decided
to cleanse the earth.
God warned me.
He told me to build a boat.
A boat to save our family,
and all the animals.
Every other living creature...
Would die.
[Birdsong and roaring]
[Animals gibber and bleat]
And on the seventh day,
God...
Rested.
After the floodwater's
engulfed the world,
there is a new beginning
for Noah's descendants
and a chance to restore
the relationship
between God and humanity.
This is the Bible.
Lord!
[Jesus] It has begun.
What are we going to do?
Change the world.
A nation and a people
find faith
in an all-powerful creator.
[Jesus]
You only have one father,
and he is in heaven.
You only have one teacher,
and he is the Christ.
Their story
helps define who we are.
If you hunger for righteousness,
then you will be filled
through me.
The choices we make.
Whoever believes in me
shall never die.
How we live
[jesus] Blessed are the poor,
for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Ho how we love.
[Jesus] Blessed are the meek,
for they shall
inherit the earth.
How we struggle and overcome.
[Jesus] There will be
no more death, or mourning,
or crying or pain.
I am coming soon.
Before billions
can believe in him
one man must hear God's voice
and have the faith to follow.
Abraham, leave your home
and go to the land
I will give to you
and your offspring.
I will bless you.
I will make you a father
of many nations,
with descendants
as numerous as the stars.
All the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.
Sarah.
God has spoken to me.
Come with me.
Lot, my nephew, walk with us.
Abraham?
God has spoken to me.
He will lead us to a new home.
But we have a home,
a good home.
Away from the city
to a new land.
For our children.
But you have no children.
You can never have children.
[Abraham] But we will.
He has promised descendants
as numerous as the stars.
He spoke to me. He promised.
Sarah, believe me.
Believe me.
[Both chuckle]
And, lot, you are with me?
He will lead us
to a land of wonder.
No.
No.
[Laughing]
Such wonder!
Driven by the belief that
he will father a great nation
Abraham leads his small tribe
to the land
promised to him by God.
What else can I do?
All the other land is taken!
You can't have mine!
[Shouting]
Calm down!
Stop! Come away!
This can't go on. You've got
to tell Abram what we decided.
What's going on?
His men are trying
to take our pasture.
God gave us this land to share.
Then he should have
given us more of it.
Tell him.
Abraham, there just
isn't enough land.
There are too many of us.
The Lord will provide.
Have faith.
In a God we cannot see?
It's time we go
our separate ways.
No. No, we must stay together.
Stay and starve?
Stay and watch our men
kill each other
over a blade of grass?
Uncle.
We're leaving.
Very well.
Where do you want to go?
To the greener pastures
closer to Sodom.
[Abraham] Sodom?
They are dangerous lands.
Take care.
With no children of his own,
Abraham's nephew lot is the
closest thing he has to a son.
How can I lead a people...
...when I can't even
lead my own family?
[Chatter]
[Groans]
[Abraham] Quickly, help him!
It's one of lot's men.
Samuel! Hurry!
Here, lean on me.
What happened?
We didn't stand a chance.
There were so many of them.
And lot?
Alive, but taken prisoner.
Help him.
Here, take my hand.
Lean on me. That's better.
Tend to him.
We have some trained men.
Abraham, you are not soldiers.
I told them to trust in God.
I made lot come with us.
And then they left us.
They had their pick of
the land. It was their choice.
They are family.
We have to help them.
God will take care of us.
[Sobs]
[Drumming and chatter]
[Horse whinnying]
[Drumming and chatter]
[Woman shouting]
I think I'll need a hand
on this one!
Leave her alone!
Let her go!
Abraham. There are too many.
[Woman crying]
Leave her!
Trust in God!
[Shouts]
[Weeping]
[Abraham] Lot!
Oh, lot!
Ah!
So few of us against so many.
God is with us.
Abraham.
We're carrying on to Sodom.
Lot, many men have
died to save you.
I've lost men too.
We must stay together.
No.
No, Uncle.
We can't.
The future is in the city.
Come with us.
We have to carry on.
Let's go.
Thanks. Abraham?
Come inside.
The stars. The stars.
- Abraham?
- The stars.
All of them. Count them.
- Abraham.
- Count them, count them.
- Our creator...
- Shh.
...who made the stars,
will give us
as many descendants
to populate our land.
He has promised.
You will have a child.
- I won't.
- You will!
I won't.
I can't.
It's too late for me.
But for you there's
still a chance.
Her.
Hagar.
The servant girl.
No.
No, no, no.
No.
Yes.
Come on!
Hold it steady, ishmael.
[Laughing]
Sarah, did you see that?
Did you see that?
Oh! My boy!
My boy!
My boy.
Your boy.
Go with your mother.
Abraham.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
Abraham.
Welcome, Lord.
Please join me.
Bring water.
Prepare food for our visitors.
Yes, master.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
Have you traveled far?
Yes. A long way.
Abraham. Where is your wife?
In there.
Next year, Sarah
will have a son.
Ah.
Ah.
Ugh.
Why do you laugh?
- I didn't laugh.
- You did.
And when you have a son,
you will name him Isaac,
which means laughter.
Thank you for your hospitality.
We must go.
Can I help you on your way?
Where are you going?
[Thunder]
To decide the fate of Sodom.
[Musicians playing]
Get out of here!
[Angel] Sodom has become
corrupt, a city of sin.
[Abraham]
But my nephew lot lives there.
He has a family.
[Angel] The outcry
against Sodom is great.
Its sins are very grave.
[Thunder]
You're going to destroy it?
The whole city?
Good girl!
[Abraham] You are a just God.
Will you destroy the good men...
- This way.
- ...Along with the evil ones?
[Shouting]
[Angel] Please! Help!
Help us! Help!
What if there were
50 good people in Sodom?
Will they suffer the same fate
as the wicked?
[Angel] Please help us!
We will test them.
If my angels find
50 righteous people in Sodom,
I will spare the whole city.
- [Man] Find these prisoners!
- Please, help us.
- [Man] They went this way!
- Help us.
Or fewer? 30.
20.
[Abraham] You would not
destroy them, surely?
- Please!
- Down there!
Help us!
- This way.
- Please.
What if there were ten
righteous men in Sodom?
[Abraham]
Would you not save them?
Lot. What are you doing?
Who are these people?
They need our help.
I'll do what I can for you.
Even if I find only ten,
I will save the whole city.
- This way!
- Show yourselves!
[Child crying]
[Wife] Shh.
[Bang]
They're here!
Open the door! Open the door!
[Banging on door]
Give us the strangers!
[Banging on door]
Bring them out!
Bring them out!
They are guests in my house.
- Let them be.
- We'll take you too!
Open the door! Show yourselves!
[Shouting outside]
Step aside.
[Thunder]
[Men screaming]
- We must go.
- I can't see!
Come on.
For Abraham's sake,
the Lord is saving you.
Keep moving. That's it.
Wait.
There they are!
Let's go.
[Thunder]
Have faith, Abraham.
[People screaming]
You are safe now.
You must get away.
The city is being punished.
Do not look back
at the city of sin.
Do not look back!
Lot.
Oh!
Don't look back!
No!
Lot's wife is turned
into a pillar of salt
for disobeying God.
Lot and his daughters
flee to the mountains
never to see Abraham again.
[Sarah moaning]
[Sarah moaning]
How is she?
How is she?
[Sarah moaning]
[Sarah cries out]
[Sarah moans]
[Baby crying]
[Shouting and cheering]
Oh! Oh!
[Sobbing]
[Baby griping]
[Sarah crying]
A boy.
Isaac.
As he promised.
[Laughs]
[Baby cries]
[Laughs]
[Singing]
Mm. Ooh!
Your bread.
Eat your food, ishmael.
[Abraham] Ishmael!
- Come and see! Hurry!
- I am!
Ah.
It's good.
[Sighs]
[Sighing]
Sarah?
What's the matter?
That woman thinks her boy
is going to inherit
what rightfully
belongs to Isaac.
What do you mean?
Who is to be the first
of all our tribe, Abraham?
The first star of all
those stars in the heavens?
Our son?
Or hers?
- Sarah, I...
- Abraham.
Abraham!
You decide.
Mama.
Or let God decide.
[Chatter]
Be brave.
Assured by God
that they will survive,
Abraham sends hagar and ishmael
into the wilderness.
[Abraham] Goodbye, ishmael.
Oh, my boy.
My boy.
When you grow up, God will
bless you with many children.
[Sobs]
Mwah! Let me make you
some breakfast, Isaac.
After years of struggle,
Abraham has learned
that to be chosen by God
is a blessing and a test.
He must prove his faith
again and again.
[Wind blowing]
A sacrifice?
No. No.
[Thunder]
No.
Have I not shown you
enough faith?
[Chatter]
[Sarah] Eat up.
When you have
children of your own,
you'll want them
to grow up as big and...
Abraham?
What's the matter?
God wants a sacrifice.
My boy.
Come with me.
[Birdsong]
Father, we have the firewood.
But where's the lamb?
The Lord will provide
a sacrifice, my son.
[Bleating]
Did Abraham take a lamb?
No, mistress.
Oh!
Bring the wood.
Father? What are you doing?
You're hurting me, father.
Isaac.
You must trust in God.
[Sobbing]
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Please.
Please.
Please, father.
Forgive me.
Please.
[Sobbing]
Abraham.
[Bleats]
[Bleats]
A sacrifice?
Oh, my boy, my boy.
My boy.
My boy.
Oh!
[Sobbing]
[Sobbing]
[Sarah gasping]
[Sarah sobbing]
No.
No.
[Sarah sobbing]
Isaac!
[Sarah laughs]
[Sarah sobbing]
Oh!
[Sarah sobbing]
Abraham has passed
the ultimate test.
He will become the father
of God's nation.
Abraham.
Now it's up to Isaac.
He will have a son called Jacob.
God will rename him Israel.
The promise of descendants
as numerous as the stars
is coming true.
But soon famine
forces the Israelites
far from the promised land
to Egypt.
Here they are enslaved
by Pharaoh.
Over the next 400 years,
Abraham and God
become a distant memory.
All his people reduced
to beasts of burden.
Except one.
[Batya] Moses.
You're not going to fight again.
I can't refuse.
He's Pharaoh's son, mother.
The fighting between them
has to stop.
Moses doesn't want to fight.
It's your son who forces him
into it, and keeps losing.
[Laughs]
You may be my sister's favorite,
but I will be Pharaoh.
I will be God!
Please.
Fight me! I order you!
Moses!
Enough!
[Groaning]
[Groaning]
He needs to learn his place!
But you were the one
that started it!
I will be Pharaoh!
Then you'd better start
behaving like one.
This is your fault. You should
never have let her keep him.
[Pharaoh] Silence.
- You're not one of us!
- Silence, I said!
What's he talking about?
You'd better tell him now.
You!
Come with me!
Mother. Tell me what?
What?!
Moses.
I love you like a son.
But you're not my blood!
You were born a slave.
Fetch them all!
[Baby crying]
[Batya] Father killed
so many children.
He feared a rebellion.
Your people were too many.
My...
People?
I saved you.
[Baby crying]
Your people are
out there, Moses.
Our slaves.
The Israelites.
You had a brother, Aaron.
And a sister.
Miriam.
But they are not like us.
Come on! You! Come on!
Come on, up you get, whore!
[Batya] They worship
the God of Abraham,
and he has deserted them.
[Groans and moans]
Israelite scum!
No, please! Please! I beg you!
Jump!
Run, run!
I will hide the body.
My Lord, the amulet of Moses.
Shall we hunt him down?
No, let him go.
He's no threat now.
Welcome to your new life,
Moses!
You are nothing now!
Nothing.
[Thunder]
[Batya] Your people
are out there, Moses.
[Ramses] You're not one of us!
[Batya] They worship
the God of Abraham.
[Ramses] You should never
have let her keep him.
[Batya]
And he has deserted them.
[Ramses] I will be Pharaoh!
[Wind howling]
[Wind recedes]
Moses.
Moses.
I am here.
I am the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and Jacob.
You are real?
I am.
I have seen
the misery of my people.
I am sending you to Pharaoh
to bring them out of Egypt.
But how can I set them free?
I will be with you.
With your power,
I will set my people free.
In Egypt, there is
a new man on the throne.
Moses's old rival
is now Pharaoh.
Thank you, father.
One day you'll have
an army of them. Real ones.
[Grunting]
[Gasping]
Come on!
[Groaning]
Nothing has changed.
So much suffering.
Hey, you!
Hey, you!
Back to work!
Wait. Wait. Please.
I'll take care of him, master.
What are you doing? Trying
to get us all a beating?
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
My name is Moses.
Moses?
You are Moses?
I need to see your elders.
Come with me.
This man says he's Moses!
[Ira] The runaway prince.
You're wanted for murder.
If you're who you say you are,
why would you return?
God has sent me.
I am here
to set you free.
[Laughs] God has sent you?
Yes, God sent me.
To speak to you.
Have you forgotten God?
Even if you have...
He has not forgotten you.
[Ira] In case you had forgotten,
Pharaoh is the only God
we have to fear.
And you think
he's just going to let us go?
Who created the earth,
sea,
sky?
Who created you?
Pharaoh?
Or God?
You're demented.
[Aaron] No!
He isn't!
[Sighs]
He's my brother.
Aaron.
Moses!
God sent me a dream
to say you would return.
This is Miriam, your sister.
Brother.
My children.
My family.
My people.
Our people.
- God's people!
- God's people!
Old Pharaoh may have
been fond of you.
But it's his son
you'll have to deal with now.
Why would Pharaoh even see you?
Oh...
He'll want to see me.
You have a son.
An heir. Our dynasty
will last forever.
Why are you here, Moses?
Have you come to ask
for forgiveness?
No. No.
God saved me for a purpose.
Yes?
I come to demand
that you release his people
from slavery.
Demand?
Let my people go.
[Laughs] You always
were a fighter, Moses.
But you never knew
when you were beaten.
If you defy God,
you will be punished.
You return, after all these
years, to threaten me?
Tell me.
Is it your invisible God
that's going to punish me?
The one who abandons
his people?
The one who runs
from his responsibilities,
from his past?
From his family?
Teach them who God is.
I am God!
I am God!
Moses! You've made
Pharaoh angry.
He will punish us.
Don't make it worse.
God has spoken to me.
He will force Pharaoh
to free us...
If he has to.
What should we do?
Sister. Brother.
All of you.
Trust in God!
Pharaoh is over there.
If he didn't listen to you
when you were six feet away,
why would he hear you now?
You will see.
Put your staff...
To the water.
[Gasping]
Master!
Come out of the water!
There's blood! There's blood!
There's blood! Blood everywhere!
- Your majesty!
- Swim to us!
Master!
You are not a God.
You are just a man.
And you will set my people free.
Ah! Ah!
Ah!
Move away!
Moses!
[Laughter]
[Laughter]
Do you doubt, Joshua?
All my life,
I have been Pharaoh's.
I will never be a slave again.
God is with us.
This is just the beginning.
[Abraham] Our Lord
is sending ten plagues
to change Pharaoh's mind.
Let my people go.
No!
No!
No!
Locusts.
Come away! Master!
No!
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Low chatter]
[Aaron] Moses?
What is Pharaoh's answer?
Surely he will see sense now?
No.
He refuses.
Again?
Give up, Moses,
before it's too late.
God will keep on doing this
until Pharaoh breaks.
What's wrong?
Soon there will be
a final plague.
The angel of death is coming.
Every firstborn son will die.
No. Please.
But not us?
Why would he punish us?
Death is coming for us all.
[Raised voices]
Why us?
[Raised voices]
The angel of death is coming.
Every firstborn son will die.
No, please.
But not us?
Why would he punish us?
Death is coming for us all.
[Raised voices]
Why us?
Friends!
We can be spared
God's vengeance,
but only if we do
exactly as he tells us.
Don't spill!
Every single house must
be marked with blood.
The Israelites paint lamb's
blood on their doorways,
identifying them
as God's people.
We promised God would
free our people,
but now he sends us death.
We must trust in him.
[Thunder]
It's coming.
- Will we be safe?
- Don't be afraid, my son.
God have mercy.
[Joshua]
Pharaoh has not listened.
Whatever happens to his people
is now on his head.
Once I counted them
as my people, Joshua.
Our freedom comes at a price.
[Echoing whisper]
The angel of death
finds every israelite house
painted with blood,
and passes over.
[Sighing]
[Pharaoh] Why?
Why?
Why should israelite slaves
have life,
when my son is dead?
Get up.
Get up!
Go!
And leave my land, and take
your wretched God with you!
[Sobs]
Load up, get ready.
Come on, do it.
Moses!
Moses!
[Cheering]
[Cheering]
[Cheering]
We are going to fulfill
Abraham's covenant with God.
We're going to live
in the promised land
with descendants
as numerous as the stars.
[Murmuring]
My son.
How could slaves do this?
I vow to you, here and now,
that I will bring
the Israelites back
and make them build you
the greatest tomb
the world has ever seen.
And Moses's body...
Shall be buried
in its foundations.
This is the exodus.
After 400 years of slavery,
the Israelites are free.
I still can't believe
Pharaoh just let us leave.
- But he did.
- It's what God demanded.
And only a madman would defy
God again after what he's done.
[Aaron] Brother? What now?
Brother?
God will provide a way.
Moses. Why have you
brought us her
God brought us here.
And what does God say
about getting across?
[Joshua] Egyptians, on the hill.
Where is your God now, Moses?
We have them! They're trapped!
Die!
Horses!
Chariots! They're here!
The Egyptians.
Fool! What do we do now?
Or is it because there
were no graves in Egypt
that you brought us here to die?
Because that is
what you've done!
[Man] They're coming!
What do we do?
[Ira] Well?
Moses?
Yaah!
Yaah!
Yaah!
[Raised voices]
[Thunder]
Moses!
Lord, I cannot believe
this is the end
you planned for us.
Yaah!
We have watched you
bring terror on our enemies.
Die!
You kept death from our door.
[Thunder]
- Moses!
- Moses!
Lord!
Come on! Come on!
God is with us!
Follow me!
[Shouting]
God is with us!
We're going to go
straight through there!
Get your men together!
Hurry, hurry!
We have to leave now!
Light torches quickly!
Let's move! Let's move!
Let's move! Move it!
- Let's move!
- Quickly! Hurry!
Have faith!
Come on!
Keep moving!
Hurry!
Don't be afraid!
Have faith!
- Come on!
- Come on! Keep going!
We're nearly there!
Wait!
After them!
Attack!
Now!
[Shouts]
Bring me Moses!
Run! Run!
Run!
Keep moving!
Hurry!
I see their torches!
Come on! Keep moving!
[Screams]
[Moses] They're coming.
They're coming!
Hurry!
Run!
Hurry!
We're almost there!
They're still coming!
Come on!
Come on, old man!
[Cheering]
Hurry! Hurry!
We're here!
They're still coming!
[Shouting]
You are not a God, Pharaoh.
There is only one God...
And he is here
with us.
[Shouting]
No!
No!
Moses.
Moses!
[Thunder]
[Cheering]
Freedom!
[Laughter]
My friends!
My... People.
God has delivered us
from slavery.
We are free.
You have come a long way.
I know.
But our journey
is just beginning.
We must trust in God.
We must follow his path.
Moses leads the Israelites
to mount sinai,
where God first spoke to him
in the burning bush.
[Thunder]
[Thunder]
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Aah!
God gives laws to Moses,
written in stone.
The ten commandments.
[Grunting]
Joshua.
God has...
Renewed the promise
he made to Abraham.
We have new laws, preparing
us for the promised land.
If we are true to God,
he will keep his promise.
Abraham's dream.
Our future.
You are our people's future,
Joshua.
You must take the land
promised to Abraham
and all of his descendants,
as numerous as the stars.
[Joshua] Lord,
I was with Moses when he
handed down these commandments.
I was witness to the covenant,
the promise of a holy nation.
Help me to forge that nation,
to lead your people
to inherit their land.
[Soldier] Joshua!
[Soldier] Joshua!
The Lord brought us
out from Egypt.
[Others] Aye.
He promised us this land.
[Others agree]
And soon...
It will be ours!
Come.
Are you ready?
We'll search the whole city.
Just find me a way in.
We must take Jericho.
It's all that stands between
us and the promised land.
[Grunts]
Hey, hey!
Only collect water in daylight.
Go home now.
- Please.
- Go. Go. Stay indoors.
The Israelites can attack
at any time. Get home.
Rahab.
My little whore.
Oh!
What are you doing out, hm?
- You know it's not safe?
- It's safe enough.
- Oh!
- No-one is safe.
I can look after myself.
[She groans]
Go home.
[Laughs]
[Dog barking]
[Dog barking]
Shh.
What are you men doing here?
Get out! Get out!!
Israelites!
Brother.
- For Israel!
- For Israel.
- The enemy are in!
- Quick.
Sound the alarm!
It has begun.
[Angel] The Lord parted
the waters for Moses.
For you he will split rock.
If we obey the Lord,
anything is possible!
Saul, I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
God is with me!
Samson, your strength
comes from God.
Your duty is to drive
the philistines away.
[Uriah] David, the people
will look to you now
to defend them, unite them.
Jerusalem, our new home.
[Saul] When you have my crown,
will you not kill
my descendants, bury my name?
Wherever you go
I shall hunt you down!
What the Lord gives
he can take away.
What is your name?
My name is Delilah.
Your God has abandoned you,
Samson.
And taken your strength
with him.
No, he wants me
to destroy you all!
The Lord told me
the house of David
will rule Israel forever.
Israel!
There will be no more death,
or mourning, or crying,
or pain.
I am coming soon.