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- [Father] Let there be light.

(dramatic orchestral music)

Let the waters beneath the sky flow together

into one place, so dry ground may appear.

Let the land sprout with vegetation,

every sort of seed-bearing plant,

and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit.

Let the earth produce every sort of animal,

each producing offspring of the same kind.

(dinosaur roaring)

(monkeys chittering)

Be fruitful and multiply.

This one will be different.

(rumbling)

Human beings will be made in our image.

They will be like us.

They will be able to talk with us, and get to know us,

and be in relationship with us.

(water splashing)

We will love them with the same love we have shared forever.

And we will go to them and make our home with them.

- [Adam] Let's see, I'll call you cow,

(cow mooing)

and you, I'll call bird!

(bird chirping)

Hmm, what shall I call you?

Grrr.

I know!

I'll call you tiger!

- [Father] It's not good for the man to be alone.

He needs a companion who is like him.

He needs a partner.

I will make someone who is just right for him.

(light piano music)

- [Adam] Whoa!

You are beautiful.

I will call you woman, because you are part of me.

- [Father] I am putting you in charge of my creation,

to take care of the plants and the birds and the animals.

All of the trees that produce their own seeds are yours.

You can eat as much as you want, from any of them,

except for that tree in the middle of the garden,

the one that gives knowledge of good and evil.

That is not for you.

Just trust me, and obey me.

But if you do ever eat from that tree, you will die.

Adam, Eve, I love you.

I have given you everything you need for life.

Enjoy my world.

Enjoy me.

Enjoy one another.

And have lots of children,

so that their children and their children's children

will fill the earth with people who are like me,

people who know me, who obey me, and love me.

(light orchestral music) (birds chirping)

(singing in foreign language) (heart beating)

- [Devil] Hello Eve.

Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?

This is the tastiest fruit in the garden.

Did God create all of these beautiful trees,

all of this big juicy fruit, and then tell you

that you can't have any of it to eat for yourselves?

- [Eve] No, not at all.

We can eat as much as we want from any of the trees,

except for that one in the middle of the garden.

He said if we eat from that one, or even touch it,

that we will die!

(Devil chuckling)

- [Devil] Are you joking?

Die?

Here's the truth.

God is just afraid of you.

He is holding something back from you,

because he knows if you eat this fruit,

you'll know things that he never allowed you to know before.

You'll know the difference between good and evil,

and that means you won't have to always wait

for God to tell you what to do.

Eve,

you can be God!

If you really want to have life, all you have to do

is reach out and grab it.

Just one bite and you will be like God.

(singing in foreign language)

(Eve crunching)

- [Adam] Eve?

(voice whispering)

(Eve laughing)

- [Eve] Oh Adam.

It's okay.

Here, take it.

(Adam crunching)

- [Adam] What happened?

You're naked!

- [Eve] I'm naked?

You're naked, too!

We've got to cover ourselves!

(eerie ambient music)

- [Father] Adam?

Where are you?

- [Adam] I was scared to face you because I was naked.

I was hiding.

- [Father] Who told you that you were naked?

You ate from that tree, didn't you,

the one I told you not to eat from?

- [Adam] But it wasn't my idea!

It was her, the woman you put here with me.

She's the one who gave me the fruit.

- [Father] Eve, what have you done?

- [Eve] Don't blame me.

It was the serpent.

He tricked me.

That's why I ate it!

- [Father] Because you have done this,

you will crawl on your belly in the dirt

for the rest of your days.

And you will always be the enemy of Eve's children.

And one day, her son will crush you and destroy you.

- [Father] Eve, you will still have lots of children

and fill the earth.

But now it is going to be painful.

(Eve groaning)

- [Father] And I am still making it possible for you to eat

from the fruit of the earth.

But now you will have to sweat to get food.

You will have to fight thorns and weeds.

And eventually, after you have worked to survive

for many years, you will die and return to the ground

that I made you from.

They have totally rejected

the life I offered them.

(cow mooing)

They have been deceived into believing

that they could somehow be their own gods.

But I am going to show them mercy.

I'm going to cover their shame.

(dramatic orchestral music)

I still want to be their God.

I still want them to be my people.

I still want to live among them.

But now they have tasted evil,

and I can't let them live like this forever.

I love them too much to do that.

We have to send them out of the garden.

(baby crying) (dramatic orchestral music)

- [Adam] Cain, come meet your little brother, Abel.

- [Eve] In spite of our sin, the Lord has been merciful

to us, and he has helped us to have two sons.

(lamb bleating)

Abel, can you please help me carry these water jars?

- [Abel] Hey brother, where are you going?

- [Cain] I need to make an offering to the Lord,

because I want him to bless my crops.

- [Abel] Wait, you're giving those to God?

- [Cain] He has already made it hard enough

for us to grow food.

We have to have something to eat.

(sighing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(lamb bleating)

- [Abel] Lord, I love you so much.

I want to give you the best of everything that I have.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(insects buzzing)

I pray, Lord, that you will receive my sacrifice.

Thank You, thank You Lord,

for receiving my sacrifice.

- [Father] Cain, why are you so angry?

Your heart is not right.

Just do the right thing, and you will be accepted, too.

- [Cain] You want me to do the right thing?

Oh, I'll do the right thing, for sure!

- [Abel] It was amazing!

God was pleased with my sacrifice

and he sent fire down from heaven!

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Cain] Oh brother, would you please come

and help me in the fields for a bit?

(dramatic orchestral music)

(thunder crashing)

- [Abel] Looks like a big storm.

Maybe we should go home.

- [Cain] Maybe you should go home.

(Abel grunting)

(thunder crashing)

- [Narrator] Adam and Eve had many more sons and daughters.

And their children had many children.

And their children had many children.

The earth was filled with more and more people.

But the earth was also filled with more and more sin.

(vocalizing) (dramatic orchestral music)

- [Father] The world has become so wicked.

(men shouting)

Time is running out for the people of earth.

I created them to have life.

But they have chosen death instead.

It breaks my heart, because I love them.

It makes me sad that I created them at all.

So, I am going to cover the whole earth with a flood.

- [Noah] and every living creature on earth

will be destroyed.

- [Noah's Wife] What about us?

We love God and have always walked with him.

Surely he won't kill us!

- [Noah] He promised that he will deliver us

from the flood, and that the covenant he made with Adam,

he will continue with me and with my family.

In other words, he is going to destroy everyone else

and begin again with us.

- [Shem] How are we going to be saved,

if the whole earth is flooded with water?

- [Noah] We have some work to do.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Noah's Son] Goodbye, mother.

- [Father] Build yourself an ark made out of gopher wood.

- [Shem] Hey Japheth, can you pass me the hammer?

- [Father] Make lots of rooms inside

and seal it to make it waterproof.

(dramatic orchestral music)

The ark should be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide,

and 45 feet high.

Leave an opening all around the roof and put a door

in the side.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(bird screeching)

- [Shem] Look, animals!

- [Father] Take two of every kind

of living creature onto the ark with you.

Take two of every bird, two of all livestock

and wild animals, and two of all creatures

that move on the ground.

(lamb bleating)

Take two of every kind, one male and one female,

so that they may be preserved from the flood

and start new families.

(animals chittering)

(dinosaur roaring)

- [Japheth] Okay, Dad, we've got all the animals inside.

- [Noah] Now we just have to wait and trust.

(man grunting)

- [Evil man] Yeah!

(laughing)

(suspenseful orchestral music)

(dog whimpering)

- [Man] Look!

- [Noah] Brace yourselves!

(water crashing)

Blessed be the Lord, our God, who has saved us

from the flood.

(distant shouting)

(horse breathing)

- [Shem] Shh, it's okay, it's okay.

(animals chittering)

- [Noah's Wife] Here, have some milk.

- [Noah] Thank you.

Ah, listen.

- [Noah's Wife] I don't hear anything.

- [Noah] Exactly!

The rain has stopped.

- [Noah's Wife] So what do we do now?

(Noah chuckling)

- [Noah] We wait, and we trust.

(Noah whistling)

I have a very special purpose for you.

Go, and search for signs of dry land.

(sighing)

- [Noah's Son] How much longer will it be?

- [Noah] I don't know, but the Lord will keep his promise.

(bird cooing)

It won't be long now.

It's time to start getting ready.

- [Noah's Son] It looks pretty dry.

We should go.

- [Noah] Not so fast.

The Lord told us when to get

into the ark, and the Lord will tell us when to leave.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Father] Noah, it is time for you and your family

to go out of the ark.

And take all of the animals with you.

- [Noah's Wife] We're home.

- [Noah] Praise be to the Lord, who has saved

our family from the flood, and preserved life on Earth,

just as he promised he would!

(singing in foreign language)

- [Father] I am putting you in charge of my creation.

I am giving you the green plants and the animals for food.

It is all yours.

Only do not eat the blood.

That is not for you.

Just trust me, and obey me.

And do not take the life of another human being.

If you ever do that, you will die.

And even though the heart of man is evil,

I promise you today that I will never again destroy life

on earth with a flood.

Let this be a reminder.

Noah, I love you.

I am blessing you with everything you need for life.

I have created you in my image.

Enjoy my world.

Enjoy me.

Enjoy one another.

And have lots of children, so that their children

and their children's children will fill the earth

with people who are like me, people who know me,

who obey me, and love me.

- [Narrator] Noah lived for 350 years after the flood.

And their children had many children.

And their children had many children.

But as the earth filled with more people,

the earth was filled with more sin and rebellion.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(crowd chanting)

- [Man] Let's build a tower that will reach the skies.

(tools clanging)

- [Man] We don't need to depend on God and wait

for him to come to us.

- [Man] We can reach up and grab heaven for ourselves.

- [Man] And he wants us to go out

and fill the whole earth with people who live for him.

- [Man] But we don't want to go anywhere.

We want to stay right here.

- [Man] In one place.

- [Man] Speaking one language-

- [Man] And we don't want to live for him.

We want to live for us!

This is our city.

(crowd chanting)

- [Ruler] People of Shinar, look at what

our hands have made, a testimony to our wisdom

and our greatness.

And this is only the beginning.

When we stand together as one,

nothing will be impossible for us.

Blessing and honor and power and glory

to the people of Shinar!

- [Crowd] Long live Shinar!

(crowd chanting)

- [Father] Men and women have become perfectly unified

in their rebellion.

If we allow this to continue, it will get out of control.

They will destroy themselves, and they will never

find the life we created them to have.

Let's go down and confuse their language,

different languages for different families,

so that they won't understand each other,

and then We will scatter them and settle them

throughout the earth.

Then we can begin to draw them back to ourselves,

so that we can love them and make our home with them.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(tools clanging)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

(speaking foreign language)

- [Man] Sorry, man.

I really don't know what you're saying.

- [Man] We can't continue building.

(dramatic music)

- [Narrator] God scattered them.

And the entire earth was settled with people.

(dramatic percussive music)

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Idol Seller] Come buy your idols.

(change shaking)

Idols for sale!

Enil, Utu, even Shahar lord of Haran!

- [Father] Abram.

Abram.

- [Abram] Huh?

Yes?

- [Father] Get your family, pack your bags,

and leave your country.

Leave your father's house, and I will show you the land

which I have for you.

I will be with you, and I will be your God.

I will bless you and your family with everything

that you need for life,

and I will multiply your family and make you

into a great nation.

Those who treat you kindly,

I will treat kindly.

And those who oppose you,

I will oppose.

But this is not only for you and your family.

Through you, I am going to bless

all the families of the earth.

(birds chirping)

Abram, look around in every direction.

This is the land I will give to you

and to your descendants forever.

(singing in foreign language)

I will bless you and multiply your family

so much that counting them would be like trying

to count every piece of dust on the earth.

- [Abram] We're home!

The land the Lord promised to us!

(singing in foreign language)

(lamb bleating)

- [Abram's herdsman] Hey, you can't water your flock here.

This trough belongs to my master Abram.

- [Lot's herdsman] Yeah?

Well my master Lot said we could, okay?

Get lost.

- [Abram's herdsman] You know who these belong to,

you selfish pig!

(both grunting)

- [Abram] Lot, the Lord has blessed us with

so much life that this land can't contain us all.

Choose the land you would like for your people.

And we will settle in the other direction.

If you go to the left, we will go to the right.

If you go to the right, we will go to the left.

- [Lot] I will take

that valley.

- [Abram] May the Lord bless you and your family richly.

Go in peace.

(wind howling)

- [Father] Abram, don't be afraid of anything.

I will protect you.

And I will be your greatest reward.

- [Abram] Lord, You have promised to make me

into a great nation, but a great nation requires people.

And you have not given me even one child!

- [Father] Look at the sky

and see if you can count the stars.

You can't, can you?

That is how it will be with your descendants.

And I will surely give you this land as well.

There will be hard times.

Your descendants will be taken

as slaves in a foreign land for more than 400 years.

But I myself will bring them back to this land

I have promised, and they will live together in this place.

Abram, I am God Almighty.

Walk with me, love me, obey me, and live a blameless life.

I am making a covenant with you,

by which I am guaranteeing you that I will multiply you

and fill the earth with your descendants.

I am changing your name to Abraham,

because you will be the father of many nations.

And this is my promise,

to you and to your descendants after you.

I will be your God, and I will be their God, forever.

I will give this land to you and to your family after you.

And in this place, they will be my people,

and I myself will live among them.

And as for your wife, Sarah, she is going

to give birth to a baby boy.

(Abraham laughing)

- [Abraham] I am nearly 100 years old, and my wife is 90.

A baby?

(laughing)

A baby?

- [Father] Sarah will have a son, about this time next year.

And you will call him Isaac, and I will confirm

my covenant with him and with his descendants.

(wind howling)

(light orchestral music)

- [Abraham] You are most welcome.

My home is your home.

Sit and rest for a while.

Let me get you some food to strengthen you

before you continue on your journey.

Sarah, we have guests!

Hurry, and prepare some food for them.

(light orchestral music)

- [The Lord] Next year, about this time,

I will return to you, and your wife Sarah will have a son!

(Sarah laughing)

- [Sarah] How could an old woman like me have a baby?

- [The Lord] Why did Sarah laugh and doubt my word?

Is anything too hard for the Lord?

- [Sarah] I didn't laugh.

- [The Lord] No, I heard you.

You definitely did laugh.

(grand orchestral music)

(baby crying)

- [Hagar] Lord Abraham, you have a son.

(Sarah laughing)

- [Sarah] I will name you Isaac,

because the Lord has given me laughter.

Who would have ever thought

that an old woman like me would nurse her baby,

or that a man 100 years old would become a father?

(laughing)

(wind howling)

- [Eliazer] Good Isaac!

Now, take your arrow and notch it like this.

Now make sure the bow is aligned with the target.

Now aim.

(arrow thudding)

Excellent shot, Isaac!

You'll make a great hunter just like your father.

- [Father] Abraham!

- [Abraham] Yes, Lord?

- [Father] Take your son, Isaac,

your only son whom you love so much,

and go to the land of Moriah, and sacrifice him

as a burnt offering on the mountain I will show you.

(dramatic orchestral music) (vocalizing)

- [Abraham] Stay here with the donkey, while Isaac

and I go to worship the Lord.

- [Isaac] Father, we have the fire and the wood,

but what about the sheep for the offering?

- [Abraham] The Lord will provide the lamb, my son.

(singing in foreign language)

Get on the altar.

You'll have to trust me, son.

(singing in foreign language)

Close your eyes.

I am nearly 100 years old and my wife is 90.

A baby?

(both laughing)

- [Sarah] I will name you Isaac,

because the Lord has given you laughter.

(vocalizing)

(Isaac laughing)

- [Abraham] Lord, you have promised to make me

into a great nation.

But a great nation requires people.

- [Angel] Abraham!

- [Abraham] Here I am.

- [Angel] Don't do anything to hurt the boy, because now it

is clear that you really trust in God.

(lamb bleating)

This is what the Lord says,

"Because you have obeyed me completely

by not even withholding your only son from me,

I swear by my own name that I will surely bless you,

just as I have promised all along."

(Abraham groaning)

- [Abraham] Isaac, God has blessed me.

And now I pass that blessing on to you.

Walk with him.

Trust him.

And he will surely keep all of the promises

he has made to us.

(crickets chirping)

- [Father] I am the God of your father, Abraham.

I will always be with you and I will bless you.

I will give all these lands to you

and your descendants, just as I promised your father.

Your descendants to become as numerous

as the stars in the sky.

And through your descendants all the nations

of the earth will be blessed.

(baby crying)

The two sons in your womb

will become two nations.

The younger one will be stronger,

and the older one will serve him.

- [Narrator] The boys grew up,

and Esau became a skillful hunter,

a man of the open country, while Jacob was content

to stay at home among the tents.

- [Isaac] We need a bit more paprika.

- [Narrator] Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,

loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

- [Jacob] Esau, Father has been calling for you.

(Isaac coughing)

- [Esau] You called me, Father.

- [Isaac] Esau, I am an old man now,

and I don't know how much longer I am going to live.

(coughing)

Go out quickly and hunt and come back

and prepare my favorite meal for me.

Then, since you are my firstborn son,

I will give my blessing to you.

- [Rebekah] Jacob, quickly go get a goat

so that I can prepare a meal for your father.

And then go to him, and pretend to be Esau,

so that you can receive his blessing.

- [Jacob] But Esau is so hairy!

Father will never believe it's me!

- [Rebekah] Just trust me.

A little goat hair on your hands,

and on the back of your neck, and there!

Esau!

- [Jacob] Father?

- [Isaac] Yes, my son.

Wait.

Is that Esau or Jacob?

- [Jacob] It is Esau, your firstborn son.

Sit up and eat.

- [Isaac] Eat?

How did you do it so quickly?

- [Jacob] The Lord blessed my hunting.

It was like the animal was just

standing there waiting for me.

- [Isaac] Come closer to me.

The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands

and the smell are those of my son Esau.

Kneel, my son, and receive my blessing.

May you be the master of your brothers

and may your mother's sons bow down to you.

All who curse you-

- [Esau] Father, sit up and eat, so that you may bless me.

- [Isaac] Who are you?

- [Esau] What are you talking about?

It's me, your son, Esau.

- [Isaac] Then who was it who just came and brought me food

and received my blessing?

Oh, and he will surely be blessed!

- [Esau] So he thinks he can steal my blessing too, huh?

That fool.

Jacob!

My father will soon be dead.

And as soon as we have laid him in the family tomb,

I am going to bury my brother

and his blessing right beside him!

- [Rebekah] Jacob.

You've got to get out of here right away!

Your brother plans to kill you!

I will tell your father that it is time for you

to go to your relatives to find a wife for yourself.

Now hurry, get yourself ready to leave!

I love you, Jacob.

I always have.

- [Jacob] I love you too, mother.

Goodbye

- [Rebekah] Go with God.

- [Isaac] Go now to your uncle Laban

and take a wife for yourself from among his daughters.

And may God Almighty pass on to you the blessings

that he promised to Abraham.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Father] I am the Lord, the God

of your grandfather Abraham,

and the God of your father, Isaac.

The ground you are lying on belongs to you.

I will give it to you and your family.

Your descendants will be as numerous

as the dust of the earth!

They will spread out in all directions, to the west

and the east, to the north and the south.

And all the families of the earth

will be blessed through you and your people.

(dramatic orchestral music)

I will be with you, and I will protect you wherever you go.

I will bring you back to this land.

And I will not fail to give you everything

I have promised you.

- [Jacob] Wow, the presence of the Lord himself

has been here with me, right here

in the wilderness and I didn't even know it.

40 years ago, the God of my father Isaac

and my grandfather Abraham,

appeared to me in a dream when I was running

from my brother Esau.

He promised that he would bless me,

that my family would grow to be great,

and that he would give my people this land forever.

And now look how he has kept his promise,

the land is fertile, my wealth has increased,

and he has given me 12 sons!

And the greatest blessing

of all was when he finally gave my beautiful wife Rachel,

rest her soul,

a son in her old age.

So, to celebrate God's goodness,

I want to give my son a gift to show everyone

that he is the one will carry on God's blessing

to our people in the next generation.

Joseph, come.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(laughing)

You like it?

- [Joseph] Oh, Father!

(sighing)

Ahhh.

What a beautiful day!

(Judah scoffing)

- [Judah] Look who finally decided to wake up.

- [Issachar] Ugh, makes me sick.

- [Joseph] Good morning brothers!

You guys will never believe the dream I just had!

We were all out in the field,

tying up bundles of grain.

- [Levi] Now that IS quite a dream!

Joseph was working!

- [Joseph] Very funny.

Anyway, suddenly, my bundle of grain stood up

and all of your bundles gathered around

and bowed down before it.

- [Judah] What are you trying to say, Joseph?

That you are going to be our king?

I know what father thinks about you,

but I would never bow to you!

- [Simeon] Judah, that's enough.

- [Judah] Come on, let's go.

(Joseph sighing)

- [Joseph] Judah?

- [Levi] Get away from us, dreamer!

- [Joseph] Judah?

I had another dream last night.

This one was even more strange.

I was standing there,

and the sun, and the moon, and 11 stars

were all bowing down to me.

(Levi laughing)

(coughing)

- [Isaac] May you be the master over your brothers

and may your mother's sons bow down to you.

- [Jacob] Hmmm.

Joseph, your brothers

are taking the sheep to pasture at Shechem.

I want you to go and check on them and come back

and tell me how they are doing.

- [Joseph] Sure, Father.

I'll go.

(light orchestral music)

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Judah] Hey, look!

Here comes the dreamer.

Let's kill him and throw him in this pit.

We can just tell Father that he was attacked

by a wild animal.

- [Reuben] No, we can't kill our own brother!

Just throw him in the pit.

But don't hurt him.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Joseph] Hey, Issachar.

- [Issachar] Joseph!

It's so good to see you.

What a surprise!

- [Joseph] Where is everyone?

- [Issachar] Oh, don't worry about them.

They just went to take care of the flock in a nearby field.

But Joseph, tell me,

did you have any more dreams last night!

- [Joseph] You really want to hear about them?

- [Issachar] Of course I do!

I'm your brother!

- [Judah] Now!

(dramatic orchestral music)

(laughing)

- [Judah] Rip that coat to shreds!

- [Joseph] Please, give me back my coat!

(Judah laughing)

No!

(punches thudding) (grunting)

(grunting)

(vocalizing)

- [Judah] You should have seen his face.

He was like, "Brothers please!"

(laughing)

(camel grunting)

Look, traders.

- [Gad] We're not going to gain anything by killing Joseph.

Let's sell him to these guys.

- [Judah] We won't have any blood on our hands,

and we'll be rid of Joseph.

- [Gad] And we can make some money!

- [Judah] 12.

- [Joseph] Brothers, please!

I beg you!

Don't do this!

I'm your brother!

(dramatic orchestral music)

(grunting)

- [Issachar] This coat is all we found.

(Jacob sobbing)

- [Jacob] No!

No!

Oh, Lord!

He was the one to carry on your blessing.

But now he is gone.

Oh, my dear son, Joseph.

(vocalizing) (dramatic orchestral music)

- [Slave Trader] 15 pieces of silver, 15, 15, 15.

- [Potiphar's Aid] 15.

- [Slave Trader] I see you, I got 15,

now 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, can I get 20 pieces?

Come on, he's a strong one.

- [Potiphar] He's not worth five pieces.

What about that other one?

- [Potiphar's Aid] Yes, I agree.

- [Slave Trader] Potiphar, he-he, you've got a good eye.

I know that look, I do, I do.

You want to buy my favorite slave.

This one is, uh, straight from the fields of Canaan!

- [Potiphar] I'll take him for 17.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Lord Potiphar

will take the Hebrew for 17.

- [Slave Trader] Done!

(chuckling)

Sold to Lord Potiphar!

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Potiphar's Aid] Come with me.

- [Joseph] Stack the bricks right there by the wall.

And move the statue.

- [Potiphar] This young man is incredible.

- [Potiphar's Aid] His God blesses everything that he does.

- [Potiphar] I am going to put him in charge

of my household.

(stone scraping)

- [Potiphar's Wife] Joseph?

- [Joseph] Why are you here?

You shouldn't be here.

- [Potiphar's Wife] Shh.

My husband is always so busy.

Work, work, work.

I need a man who will pay attention to me

and show me some love.

Come spend some time with me, Joseph.

- [Joseph] You are my master's wife.

I could never do such a thing.

It would be a sin against God!

- [Potiphar's Wife] Joseph, please!

- [Joseph] No, I should go.

- [Potiphar's Wife] Please.

(screaming)

Help!

Help!

He is attacking me!

- [Guard] Stop right there!

(dramatic orchestral music)

(thunder crashing)

(whip cracking) (screaming)

(rats squeaking)

(thunder crashing)

- [Joseph] You promised to bless me, God.

But I am a slave.

And now I am a slave, in prison!

(rats squeaking)

- [Narrator] But the Lord was still with Joseph,

and even in prison, he blessed him.

Joseph became the favorite prisoner of the chief jailer.

- [Joseph] Couldn't get to it.

Then there'd be plenty.

- [Chief Jailer] Joseph, that's brilliant.

- [Narrator] And the jailer

put him in charge of all the other prisoners.

(rats squeaking)

(sighing)

- [Cupbearer] I just can't rest until I know what it means.

- [Joseph] What's wrong?

Why are you so sad?

- [Cupbearer] We both had dreams last night,

but there is no one to tell us what our dreams mean.

- [Joseph] God will help me.

Tell me your dreams.

- [Cupbearer] I saw a grapevine in front of me.

The vine had three branches and it produced clusters

of ripe grapes.

I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in my hand,

so I took a cluster of grapes

and squeezed the juice into the cup.

Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

Then I woke up.

- [Joseph] This is what the dream means.

The three branches represent three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you

to your position as his chief cupbearer.

And listen, please.

When this happens, will you put in a good word

for me with Pharaoh?

I shouldn't be here.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Please, help me get out of here.

- [Cupbearer] Of course.

- [Baker] Now it's my turn.

In my dream there were three baskets stacked

on my head.

The top basket was filled with all kinds of pastries

for Pharaoh,

(dramatic orchestral music)

but the birds came and ate them

from the basket on my head!

(bird screeching)

I woke with a start.

What does my dream mean?

(light orchestral music)

- [Joseph] This is what the dream means.

The three baskets also represent three days.

The Pharaoh will lift you up

and hang your body on a tree.

And the birds will come and peck away at your flesh.

(rope creaking)

(birds screeching)

(stone scraping)

(water dripping)

Have You forgotten me, God?

Have you forgotten me?

- [Pharaoh] Guards!

Bring me the young Hebrew prisoner right away.

In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain,

full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.

But then seven more heads of grain appeared.

They were diseased, and all withered up.

And the seven diseased heads

of grain swallowed the seven healthy heads.

I told these dreams to all of my best magicians

and wise men, but not one of them could tell me

what my dreams mean.

I am told that you have the gift

of interpreting dreams.

So, is this true?

- [Joseph] My king, I don't have that kind

of power within me.

But God will give you the answer you are looking for.

Both of the dreams mean the same thing.

God has given Pharaoh a preview of what is going to happen.

The seven fat cows and the seven healthy heads of grain

both represent seven years of abundant harvests in Egypt.

The seven skinny cows and the seven withered heads

of grain represent seven years of famine that will follow.

God has warned you in advance so

that you can find a wise man to put him in charge

of the entire land of Egypt, to collect a portion

of the crops during the good years and put them

in storehouses, so that there will be enough food

in Egypt during the bad years.

- [Pharaoh] Well, since your God is obviously with you,

and since he has blessed you with this wisdom,

then who could possibly be more qualified than you?

I am putting you in charge of all of my business.

I am still Pharaoh, but from now on,

no one in Egypt will even lift a finger to do anything,

unless you say so.

(light orchestral music)

- [Narrator] Then Pharaoh gave him a wife, Asenath,

the daughter of an Egyptian priest.

And she gave birth to two sons.

- [Joseph] Manasseh, because the Lord has helped me

to forget all the trouble of my father's family.

And Ephraim, because the Lord

has made me fruitful in this land.

- [Narrator] All of Egypt was fruitful

under Joseph's leadership.

During the seven years of abundance,

Joseph collected so much grain in the storehouses

that they stopped trying to even count

how much they were bringing in.

But after seven years,

just as Joseph had predicted,

a terrible famine struck Egypt

and the all the countries around it.

(wind howling)

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Man] Our Great King, we are starving,

and there is no grain to make bread.

You are the giver of life to all of Egypt.

Please, help us!

- [Pharaoh] Go to Joseph.

He is in charge of all my storehouses.

Whatever he tells you to do, do it.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(wind howling)

- [Jacob] We will die if we don't find food soon.

I have heard that there is grain

for sale in the land of Egypt.

So, I am sending you all there tomorrow,

except for Benjamin.

I have already lost one son.

I can't stand to lose the other one.

- [Potiphar's Aid] How many are in your family?

- [Man] Three.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Take four bags of grain.

Next!

How many are in your family?

- [Man] Three, my lord.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Take four bags of grain.

- [Man] Thank you, lord Joseph.

You have saved us all.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Next!

- [Manassah] Look Father, those men aren't Egyptian!

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Potiphar's Aid] How many are in your family?

- [Man] Four.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Next!

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Joseph] My brothers.

Manasseh, run back to the house.

Please.

I have some things to attend to.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Potiphar's Aid] How many are in your family?

- [Jacob] 12 sons.

- [Judah] 12.

- [Potiphar's Aid] Who are you?

- [Judah] We are from the land of Canaan, and we have come

to buy food.

- [Joseph] Oh, Father!

(laughing)

Don't do this!

You haven't come to buy food.

You are spies!

You are coming to see if there are any weak parts

of our land where you can attack.

- [Judah] No, my lord, we are brothers,

the sons of one man, Jacob.

We were actually 12 in total,

but we left our youngest brother at home with our father

and there was another brother who is no longer alive.

- [Joseph] From a family in Canaan, huh?

Prove it to me.

If you are telling me the truth, then go, take the grain

back to your family.

But one of you will remain in my prison until you return

and you will return with your youngest brother.

- [Issachar] I knew this would happen.

It's because of what we did to Joseph!

- [Judah] And now we're being punished for our sin.

- [Joseph] Guards, take this one away.

(sword scraping)

Go now, take your grain to your family.

But come back to me, and bring your youngest brother,

or every one of you will die!

- [Jacob] No!

Absolutely not!

I have already lost Joseph.

Benjamin is all that I have left.

- [Judah] Father, the man said clearly that

if we don't bring our youngest brother with us,

then he will know that we are spies and all of us will die!

- [Jacob] Why did you have to tell him

that you had another brother?

Oh, but we are starving.

There is nothing else I can do.

Take him and go, and may God have mercy on you all.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Joseph] Bring the men inside and prepare a big feast.

I am going to eat with them today.

Is your father still alive?

- [Judah] Yes, my lord, our father is alive and well.

- [Joseph] And this your youngest brother?

The one you told me about.

May God be gracious to you and bless you.

- [Issachar] Father's not going to believe it

when he sees all this grain.

I mean, just look at it.

- [Simeon] At least we have grain.

He had me worried for a second.

- [Joseph] Put my golden cup in the sack

of the youngest one.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Soldier] Stop the cart!

You're coming back with us!

One of you is a thief!

- [Issachar] What?

No!

We're not thieves!

- [Soldier] We'll have to see about that.

- [Joseph] One of you has stolen my royal cup.

We will search your bags, and the one who

has it will become my slave.

The rest of you will be free to go.

(suspenseful orchestral music)

(cup clattering)

This one will stay here to serve me.

The rest of you can go home to your father.

- [Judah] Oh my lord, please!

When you sent us to bring the boy, our father said that he

has already lost one son whom he loves.

He can't lose another one.

If anything happens to him, it will send him to his grave.

- [Joseph] Everyone out of the room!

Leave me alone with these men.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(gasping)

- [Joseph] I am Joseph.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Issachar] Joseph, Joseph?

- [Joseph] I am Joseph, your brother

who you sold into slavery.

Come closer to me.

- [Judah] Could you ever forgive us?

- [Joseph] Don't worry.

It was God who brought me here.

He sent me before you so that he could save

our family from this terrible famine.

Brothers, I am so happy to see you.

- [Judah] Joseph!

- [Joseph] Hurry, go and tell our father

that I am alive, and that God has made me master

over the whole land of Egypt.

Tell him that God has shown me that there

will be five more years of famine.

Bring the whole family.

You can live in the land of Goshen.

I will take care of you.

(grand orchestral music)

Father!

- [Jacob] Joseph.

My bless-ed son Joseph.

- [Joseph] Father!

Oh, Father.

(Jacob laughing)

My brothers, you intended to kill me,

but it was God who brought me here

so that he could give you life.

He has been with me every moment,

and he has put me in this position in order

to keep the promise that he made to our father Jacob,

to his father Isaac, and to his father Abraham,

that he would bless this people,

that he would multiply us and make us into a great nation.

And one day, he will take us back

to the land that he promised us.

He will be our God, and we will be his people.

And through us, he will bless all the families of the earth.

(light orchestral music)

- [Pharaoh] These Hebrews are a plague.

Multiplying,

infesting.

(growling)

If we let them go on like this,

they will bring trouble to all of Egypt.

They will anger our gods by filling this nation

with talk of their God.

They will eat all of our grain reserves

and become a burden on our economy.

They could even become a mighty army.

A mighty army that joins our enemies and fights

against us.

We have to make sure that doesn't happen!

It's time for the Hebrews

to earn their keep in my land.

Put them to work, building my storage cities

and Vizier, make it hard,

so that they may know the power of Pharaoh.

Just to make certain

that they don't become even more of a threat,

I want every Hebrew boy that is born

to be taken from his family and thrown into the Nile.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Soldier] Faster!

(breathing heavily)

- [Slave] Lord, you promised to bless us.

(grunting)

- [Slave] But we are slaves.

Have You forgotten us?

(screaming)

- [Slave] Oh God!

Deliver us.

- [Moses' Father] Blessed are you, Lord our God,

King of the universe,

who has sanctified us

with his commandments and commanded us

to bring our sons into the covenant of Abraham our father.

- [Moses' Mother] How will we keep him safe?

- [Moses' Father] I don't know.

But God will help us.

He'll help us find a way.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(men chuckling)

(baby cooing)

- [Moses' Mother] You are my beautiful son,

and God has much more in store for you than

to be drowned by Pharaoh in the waters of Egypt.

Go with God, my child

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Pharaoh's Daughter] Look!

There's a basket floating in the water.

Slave, bring it to me.

(baby cooing)

What?

A Hebrew baby boy?

My father will not get this one.

He is my son now,

and I will call him Moses, because I delivered him

from the water.

- [Narrator] Moses was raised in Pharaoh's household.

- [Scribe] And this is?

- [Moses] Osiris?

- [Scribe] Horus, Moses.

The god of the sky.

- [Moses] Oh.

- [Instructor] Again, Moses, sword up, left foot.

Now, then back.

(dramatic orchestral music) (singing in foreign language)

(horse neighing)

(grunting)

- [Narrator] And he became a powerful man,

both in his words and in his achievements.

But deep in his heart, he knew

that he was a son of Israel.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(whip cracking) (grunting)

- [Slave master] Get up, you dog!

- [Moses] Stop!

Stop!

Leave him alone.

- [Slave master] Why do you care about a dirty slave?

I said, get up!

- [Moses' Mother] Go with God, my child.

(grunting)

- [Slave master] Why?

- [Moses] Because he is one of my people!

(dramatic orchestral music)

(water splashing)

(breathing heavily)

- [Slave] Look, it's Moses!

- [Slave] Get off, you!

- [Moses] Hey!

Hey, you guys are brothers.

Why are you fighting against each other?

- [Slave] Are you our leader now?

Did somebody send you to be our deliverer?

Or are you just going to kill us like you did the Egyptian?

- [Moses] Everyone knows what I did.

I need to get out of here.

- [Narrator] Everyone did know, including Pharaoh.

And he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses escaped

and fled from Egypt.

He traveled for days through the wilderness

under the hot desert sun, until he came

to the land of Midian, where he came upon a well.

- [Shepherd] Get out of here!

This is our water!

- [Woman] But our flocks need water!

- [Shepherd] Who cares?

- [Moses] Hey!

- [Shepherd] Huh?

- [Moses] I suggest that you go find water elsewhere!

- [Shepherd] Let's go.

(camel grunting)

- [Woman] Oh, thank you!

I don't know what we would have done

if you hadn't come along.

Our father will be grateful to you, too.

Please, you must come and meet him.

(light orchestral music)

Father, this is the man who rescued us

from the shepherds at the well.

- [Jethro] Peace be with you, my son.

I am Jethro, priest of Midian, and I am grateful

for the kindness you have shown to me

and my daughters today.

Come, you must stay and eat with us.

- [Narrator] Moses told Jethro his story,

and Jethro invited him to settle there for a while.

So, Moses made his home in Midian,

and Jethro gave him his oldest daughter, Zipporah,

as his wife.

And he worked as a shepherd,

taking care of Jethro's flocks for 40 years,

but back in Egypt, the people of Israel continued to suffer,

and they cried out to God for deliverance,

and he heard their cry.

(lamb bleating)

- [The Lord] Moses

(light orchestral music)

- [Moses] It's not burning up.

That's strange.

- [The Lord] Moses.

- [Moses] Here I am.

- [The Lord] I am the God of your father,

the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

I have seen the suffering of my people in Egypt,

and I am going to deliver them and take them

to the land I promised to your fathers a long time ago.

So come, Moses, I am sending you to Pharaoh.

And you will lead my people out of Egypt.

- [Moses] Me?

Lord, this deliverance is a great idea,

but who am I to go to Pharaoh?

Who am I to lead your people?

- [The Lord] Moses, I will be with you.

And you will bring the people to this place,

and you will worship me here together.

- [Moses] But Lord, they're probably going

to have some questions.

They're going to say, Which God sent you?

What is his name?

- [The Lord] I am who I am.

Tell them that the God of Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob has sent you to them.

They will listen to you.

And when I show my power in Egypt,

Pharaoh will let the people go.

- [Moses] But what if they won't listen to me?

What if they just say, "Come on, Moses,

God didn't appear to you!"

- [The Lord] Moses, what's that in your hand?

- [Moses] My staff.

- [The Lord] Throw it on the ground.

(snake hissing)

Now pick it up.

- [Moses] What?

- [The Lord] By the tail.

- [Moses] Wow!

- [The Lord] So that they will believe

that the God of their fathers has sent you.

- [Moses] Lord, that is impressive,

and I am sure they will be amazed.

But talking to Pharaoh is a whole different story.

You see, I've never really been very good at, at speaking.

- [The Lord] I will be with your mouth.

I will tell you what to say.

- [Moses] Can't you just send somebody else?

- [The Lord] I will send your brother Aaron with you.

And you will take this staff with you, and you will use it

to perform miracles so that Pharaoh may see my power.

- [Narrator] So, Moses took his wife and two sons,

and he returned to Egypt.

And he carried the staff of God in his hand.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(doors creaking)

(footsteps thudding)

(Pharaoh sighing)

- [Pharaoh] Moses.

I was told you had returned.

Why are you here, after all these years?

- [Moses] The God of Israel has appeared to us,

and he has sent us to tell you to let his people go

into the wilderness to offer sacrifices

and worship him there.

- [Pharaoh] I don't know this God of yours.

I am the Son of Ra, and I make the decisions in Egypt.

Besides that, you aren't here because

any God has spoken to you.

You are here because the people are lazy.

They are just trying to get out of work.

(woman laughing)

I will not let them go.

But let me tell you what I will do.

I will teach you all a lesson about

who is the real Lord in Egypt.

From now on, I will no longer give the slaves straw

for making bricks.

They will have to go out and find it for themselves.

And they will continue to make the same number

of bricks as usual.

Not one brick less.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Moses] Lord, I knew this was a bad idea.

You brought me here to help your people, but all it has done

is make things worse!

- [The Lord] Moses, I promised Abraham that one day

I would give his people the land of Canaan,

that I would be their God and live among them.

I repeated that promise to Isaac, and again to Jacob.

And when I make a promise, I always keep it.

I am about to put my power on display

throughout the land of Egypt.

I am going to bring judgment against Pharaoh

and deliver Israel from his hand.

When I do, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.

Go, tell these things to the children of Israel,

and tell Pharaoh to let my people go.

- [Moses] This is what the Lord says to you,

"Let my people go, so that they may worship me."

- [Pharaoh] The Lord?

Of a bunch of slaves?

I see no evidence that you even have a God!

(snake hissing)

(woman gasping)

That's a nice trick,

but it's nothing I haven't seen before.

Magicians!

Show our visitors some Egyptian magic.

Moses, it seems your God is a bit outnumbered.

- [Aaron] Our snake is swallowing up the others!

(Pharaoh sighing)

- [Pharaoh] I don't care how many snakes your staff eats.

I still will not let your people go.

- [The Lord] In the morning, go and meet Pharaoh on the bank

of the Nile.

Take your staff with you.

- [Moses] This is what the Lord says,

"I have sent my servants to tell you

to let my people go, yet you haven't listened to me.

But when I turn the waters of the Nile to blood,

then you will know that I am the Lord."

- [Man] Look!

(woman screaming)

- [Man] Impossible.

(screaming)

- [Pharaoh] Once again, simple magic.

Magicians, show them that these tricks

do not require the power of their so-called God.

(suspenseful orchestral music) (singing in foreign language)

(chuckling)

I am not impressed, Moses.

The answer is still no.

(alligator growling)

(grunting)

(alligator hissing)

- [Moses] The Lord says,

"Let my people go!"

(Pharaoh laughing)

- [Pharaoh] Not a chance.

(thunder crashing)

(frogs croaking)

(woman screaming)

(flys buzzing)

- [Vizier] Flys!

Flys!

- [Magician] This is not a trick.

This is the finger of God.

Maybe you should let them go.

- [Pharaoh] Don't talk to me about this Hebrew God.

The slaves are staying right here, every last one of them.

(dramatic orchestral music) (singing in foreign language)

- [Moses] Let my people go.

- [Pharaoh] They are not his people, the Hebrews are mine!

(singing in foreign language) (dramatic orchestral music)

- [Magician] Look!

The ash has become boils.

- [Servant] Pharaoh could take some wine.

It would ease his pain.

- [Servant] My lord, these men are destroying Egypt!

Please, just let them go and serve their God.

- [Pharaoh] I will not let them go!

(dramatic orchestral music) (singing in foreign language)

- [Man] Fire!

(screaming)

- [Man] Locusts!

(locusts chirping)

(thunder rumbling)

(wind howling)

- [Pharaoh] Who's there?

Show yourself!

(sword scraping)

- [Moses] This is what the Lord says,

"How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?

Let my people go, so that they can worship me."

- [Pharaoh] Get away from me, Moses, get away from me!

And don't ever come here again.

The next time you see my face will be the day you die!

- [Moses] Pharaoh, listen to what the Lord says.

"I have sent these plagues on you to show you my power.

But you still exalt yourself against me.

At midnight tonight,

I am going to pass through the land

and strike down the firstborn

in every Egyptian household, including yours.

All of Egypt will wail and mourn while the sons

of Israel rest peacefully.

And when this happens,

you and your officials will be begging me,

begging me, to take the people and go!"

The Lord has told us that tonight

each family must take a perfect lamb and kill it,

(lamb bleating)

and then take the blood of the lamb and smear it

on the doorposts of your house.

When he sees the blood, it will be a sign

that you belong to him.

He will pass over you and not allow the destroyer

to enter your home.

- [The Lord] Stay inside your homes

and eat the lamb together.

But be ready to travel, because tonight

the Lord will bring you out of Egypt.

(dramatic music)

(wind howling)

(eerie ambient music)

(woman sobbing)

- [Narrator] That night at midnight,

the Lord struck down all the firstborn sons of Egypt.

There was not a single Egyptian household

where someone had not died.

- [Pharaoh] Bring me Moses and Aaron!

(woman sobbing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

Get out!

Leave my people.

All of you.

Take your flocks, your herds, and everything,

and go worship your God the way that you want to,

but bless me as you go.

- [Narrator] So, the people of Israel gathered

their belongings and went out from the land of Egypt.

The Lord went before them in a pillar of cloud

by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

- [The Lord] I am going to harden Pharaoh's heart, and he

and his army will come after you.

But don't be afraid.

I planned this to display my power,

so that Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

- [Pharaoh] What was I thinking,

letting all of those slaves get away?

Gather my army and make my chariots ready!

Those people belong to me!

(dramatic orchestral music)

(man shouting)

- [Slave] Pharaoh!

- [Slave] It's Pharaoh's army!

- [Slave] Oh no!

It's the Egyptians!

- [Man] Why did you bring us out here to die?

There weren't enough graves to bury us in Egypt?

It would be better to be a slave in Egypt than

to be a corpse in the wilderness!

- [Moses] Israelites, don't be afraid.

Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord!

(horse neighing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(woman laughing) (all chattering)

(sword scraping)

- [Pharaoh] After them!

(grunting) (horse neighing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

Why aren't we moving?

(horse neighing)

- [Soldier] We're stuck, my lord!

- [Soldier] Turn around!

Let's get out of here!

The Lord is fighting against us!

- [The Lord] Now raise your hands over the sea again.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(water splashing)

(horse neighing)

(men screaming)

(light orchestral music)

- [Narrator] They traveled until they reached

the Desert of Sinai.

And they camped at the base of the mountain

where the Lord had first appeared to Moses

in the burning bush 40 years earlier.

- [The Lord] Speak these words to the people,

"You have seen what I did to the Egyptians,

how I rescued you and brought you to myself.

If you will trust me and obey me,

you will be my own special possession

among all the peoples on earth."

Now consecrate yourselves and get ready,

because in three days, I am going to come down

to meet you on this mountain.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(thunder crashing)

- [Slave] Moses, you speak to us, and we'll listen.

But don't let God speak directly to us, or we'll all die!

- [Moses] Don't be afraid.

I will go up and meet him, and he will speak to me there.

(thunder crashing)

- [The Lord] Moses, take these commands

that I give you and tell them to the people.

I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery

in the land of Egypt.

You shall not have any other god but me.

You shall not make for yourself an image

or idol of any kind.

You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.

Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Honor your father and mother.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not give false testimony against another person.

You shall not covet anything that belongs to another person.

- [Slave] Moses has been up there a really long time

and we don't know if he is ever coming down from there.

- [Slave] Maybe a wild animal killed him.

(all gasping)

- [Slave] Maybe he saw the face of God

and he struck him down dead!

(all gasping)

- [Slave] Whatever happened, we can't stay here forever.

Aaron, make us a god who will lead us to the promised land.

(all shouting)

- [Aaron] Listen to me, everyone.

Get as much gold as you can and bring it to me.

- [Narrator] The people brought their gold to Aaron,

and he melted it down and formed it into the image

of a calf.

- [Aaron] Look!

This is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt!

(all cheering)

- [The Lord] You shall not have any other god, but me.

You shall not make for yourself an image or idol

of any kind.

- [Slave] We worship you oh god with sacrifices!

(lamb bleating)

(man laughing)

(woman laughing)

- [The Lord] Moses, go down to your people

whom you brought from Egypt.

Their hearts have become wicked

and they have made an idol for themselves.

(stone shattering)

- [Moses] Aaron, what were you thinking?

- [Aaron] You know how these people are.

They came to me and said,

"Make a god for us who will lead us on from here."

They brought me all of their gold, I threw it into the fire,

and out came this calf!

- [Moses] Ah, Aaron!

Prepare the people to dedicate themselves to the Lord.

I am going back up on the mountain, and maybe I will be able

to convince the Lord to forgive you.

- [The Lord] Take the people and leave this place

and go to the land I promised them.

I will send my angel before you, and he will drive out

all your enemies and make sure

that you have everything you need,

but I myself am not going with you.

- [Moses] But Lord, these are your people!

If you are not going with us, then please,

don't send us from here!

How will the nations know that you are God

if you are not with us?

Isn't it Your presence among us that makes us different

from everyone else on the earth?

- [The Lord] Moses, because you have kept your heart

pure before me, I will go with you and the people.

Go back down the mountain

and take these new stone tablets

with the commandments on them.

And tell the people to be very careful

to obey everything I have told you.

Build me a holy sanctuary,

so that I can live among my people.

You will worship me there with your offerings.

And when you have sinned, you will bring a perfect lamb

and offer it to me to make atonement for your sins.

I will forgive you.

I will keep my covenant with you,

and I will do miracles among you

like no one on earth has ever seen.

And wherever you go, people will see my power and glory.

- [Narrator] The Lord led them faithfully,

but the people complained continually.

- [Slave] There is no water!

How can we survive in a land with no water?

- [Slave] What's the point of bringing us out

of Egypt if we're all just going to die of thirst?

- [The Lord] Strike the rock, and I will make water come

out of it so the people can drink.

(rock thudding)

(all murmuring)

- [Slave] It's water, praise God!

- [Slave] Moses!

Now there's no food!

Did you bring us out here to starve us to death?

- [Slave] In Egypt, we had meat and bread, every day,

as much as we wanted!

(birds chirping) (light orchestral music)

- [Slave] It's some kind of bread.

- [Slave] It's breakfast!

- [Narrator] And the Lord provided manna

from heaven every day for 40 years.

- [Slave] I am losing my appetite!

In Egypt, we feasted on meat and fish.

- [Slave] And cucumbers and melons, and onions and garlic.

- [Slave] But ever since we started following Moses?

Manna for breakfast,

manna for lunch, and manna for supper!

I am tired of manna!

(Miriam sighing)

- [Miriam] Why is it that we have to wait for the word

of the Lord to come through Moses?

- [Aaron] It's not like Moses is the only person

that the Lord speaks through, anyway.

Hasn't he spoken through us, too?

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Slave] Who do you think you are anyway,

as if you are so much greater than us?

We are all the Lord's people.

We are all holy.

He is with us, just as much as he is with you!

- [Slave] And what good have you done for us?

Sure, the land of Canaan is beautiful,

but have you heard the reports from the spies we sent?

The people there are too strong for us.

We'll never get in!

(all gasping)

- [Slave] It's true!

I was there.

They are huge!

We even saw giants!

Compared to us, we looked like grasshoppers!

(all gasping)

- [Slave] Did the Lord deliver us

from Pharaoh's army because he prefers

to kill us with Canaanite swords?

(all booing)

- [Slave] Listen, everybody, listen!

Egypt is a land flowing with milk and honey.

Flowing!

And we didn't need to fight anyone there.

We already had our own houses and land.

Let's go back!

(all murmuring)

- [Slave] Let's choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!

(all cheering)

- [The Lord] Since they don't trust that I am

stronger than the people of Canaan,

they will never enter the land of Canaan.

They will wander

around for 40 years and die here in the wilderness.

I will keep my promise to their children, and I

will lead them into the land.

Oh, how long will these people reject me,

after all they have seen me do for them?

- [Slave] Why did you bring us to this terrible place.

There is no grain, there are no grapes,

and there is no water to drink!

- [The Lord] Gather the people together,

and speak to that rock over there,

and I will bring enough water for everyone.

- [Moses] Listen, you bunch of rebels!

- [Aaron] What are you doing?

- [Moses] I'm so sick of these people and their complaining!

- [Moses] When are you going to learn?

You want water?

Just watch.

I'll give you water.

(rock thudding)

(all gasping)

- [Slave] Water!

(light orchestral music)

- [The Lord] Moses, I told you to speak to the rock.

But you didn't trust me.

You took the glory for yourself,

as if the power to bring water came from you and your staff.

Because of this, you will not be the one

to lead my people into the land I have given them.

- [Moses] Out of all the peoples in the world,

the Lord has chosen you to belong to him.

He didn't choose you because you were bigger

or better than all the other nations.

He chose you simply because he loves you,

and because he had made a promise to Abraham long ago.

The Lord has protected you and made you

into a great nation; he has blessed you

and multiplied you, so that your number

is like the number of stars in the sky.

The Lord demonstrated his power

and glory before Pharaoh, and rescued us from slavery

and brought us out of Egypt so he could give us

this land he had promised to our fathers.

From the day you left Egypt,

you have constantly rebelled against him.

But the Lord your God is a merciful God.

And he has faithfully led you through the wilderness

for these 40 years, humbling you

and testing you by letting you go hungry

and then feeding you with manna.

He did it to teach you that people do not live

by bread alone, but by every word that comes

from the mouth of the Lord.

Because I disobeyed the Lord

I will not lead be the one to lead you across the river.

Joshua will be your leader from now on.

And the Lord himself will cross over ahead of you

and he will give you possession

of the land that he promised to you.

So be strong and courageous, and don't be afraid.

He will be with you.

He will never fail you or abandon you.

(dramatic orchestral music)