All language subtitles for Abraham (Sargent, Joseph 1993)_BDRip.720p.x264.AAC_EN

Shh. Soon. Soon!

Your child has her nose

pressed against your heart.

Put one more in here for shearing.

It appears she's not
too anxious... to face life.

Well, who could blame her,

this world being what it is?

Wives, look after everything for a while.

I'm just going to see
how things are with Lot.

Serug! Serug!

Hold her head.

Be gentle.

Be gentle, be gentle.

You're very close. You're very close.

Aisha, hurry!

Quickly, quickly!

Try again. Try again.

Push. Push!

Push!

Ah, ah, ah, ah! Come inside, Lot.

She's a strong girl. Come on, in!

She's fine. Fine!

Inside!

You have a god for every need, Nahor.

Even for my needs?

If you are prepared to become
an accomplice to this god.

Which one is this?

Sen, god of fertility.

Does it have a--

Mm-hmm.

Excellent. Excellent.

How much?

You see this beardless orphan?

He's my nephew.

And that was his wife trying
to drop their first child.

How much?

I'll give you a good price.

Reko, my friend,

look at this bare-breasted boy
and ask yourself,

how could a child like this
father a child himself?

Hmm? How?

Because he sacrificed to Sen, god of Moon.

Four silver pieces.

One.

Don't give up now, child.

Don't give up.

Clear your mind. Clear your mind.

Clear your mind.

If you think that was loud,

wait till you hear the sound you'll make

if she drops a daughter.

Clear your mind.

All right, look.

I'll do it for you. I'll do it for you.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'll do it for you.

Get my brother. Now!

Father.

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Not now.

Not yet.

Not yet.

This market is ended until further notice.

Clear the square.

Clear the square!

My esteemed first councilor.

You are Nahor, born son of Terah,

are you not?

You know I am.

But, um, tell me,
why have you ended the market?

This concerns the royal covenant

to rent the King's lands
to Terah and his people.

I therefore bring a summons

from the king

for your father to appear before him.

Our covenant expires at sunset.

Renew it...

or you and your people will
be expelled from this city,

and all its lands.

Your rightful Honor,

first councilor to the king,

should we discuss these delicate matters

- Sir?
- under the blistering sun?

A cooler place, perhaps?

Have this dung cleared immediately.

The king walks here today.

Sir!

Spit it out. What?

Your father.

Your father.

Oh, Father,

I thank all the gods

for taking away your pain so quickly.

Huh?

To be robbed again by that...

thief and his king.

Brother, for 23 years

you have outwitted that fool.

Today, no doubt, you will do so again.

Have you ever tried to feed a vulture?

You better count your fingers afterwards.

It's good to hear you laugh, Father.

It means you're getting better.

Yeah.

It's late.

We have business.

Father, please. Please stay.

You stay.

Let me talk to the king.

He makes the covenant with me,

not you, not yet.

And you say nothing.

Let Nahor talk.

Your brother knows these people.

His wits have made us richer every year.

Nahor knows how to use his tongue.

And you keep yours in your mouth.

This day

marks the end of the covenant

between Asdi Takin,

King of Haran,

and Terah and his people.

So be it.

These shadows grow long.

A new covenant must be made

before the last light.

I, Nahor, will speak for my father.

The generosity of the King of Haran

is known throughout the world.

We have prospered here for many years

under his benevolent hand.

He has our endless gratitude.

Thanks...

will not feed our people.

What do you offer?

The new year, we will lay
at the feet of His Majesty

the same number of mature sheep
and cattle as the old year,

the same quantity

of spun wool,

tanned skins,

silver pieces.

The same?

Plus...

Plus a bonus of one fourth of all that.

We appreciate...

...your sincere remarks

and your offer.

But, old man,

the bonus will not be one fourth.

To graze on my lands for another year,

you will pay double.

Double, Your Majesty?

Double?

This is a-- A--

An unprecedented demand. It's--

It's out of the question. We cannot.

Then I am sad to say

your tribe must leave my... paradise.

Your Majesty, why do you abuse us

in this manner?

In past years,

you have refused us water.

We dug for it, you seized our wells

and made us pay silver
for the water we gave you.

You gave us your worst lands.

After our herds made the earth
fertile with their dung,

you drove us off

so as your farmers could
grow barley fivefold.

You ordered us to fight your enemies.

We gave you victories with our blood.

Ah, yes.

Haran is a paradise,

but our people helped to make it so.

You?

You did all this?

The riches of Haran

pour from the hands of the blessed god, Sen

and nobody else.

Instead, you wandered here from Ur,

a small tribe,

and now you are as thick
as the lice in my hair.

You will pay double,

because you are now twice
the number you were.

Our tribe grows because of the children,

our children.

Must we pay twice

because our women are fertile?

Not all your women.

Your wife, for instance,

is a woman of great beauty,

I hear.

A problem that perhaps lies elsewhere.

We will be glad to pay

whatever His Highness, in his wisdom, asks.

Double?

It will be double.

Let the covenant be made.

If I break this covenant,

may what is done to these beasts

be done to me.

Hey.

There, there.

You've done it. It's over.

There, there. It's over.

You've done it.

You've done it.

Oh, she's so lovely.

All right, all right. This will help.

Let her drink this.

Look at me, look at me!

Mint tea. It will--

Spoiled, ungrateful child!

Shh.

Shh.

Take your baby.

She's beautiful.

And hungry. She wants you.

She's a girl!

Give her to the servants!

Leave me alone. I don't want her!

You don't... want her.

Oh, thank you, Sarai.

May you have many more.

So the King of Haran has lice.

A head of hair to a louse
is a head of hair,

even if it wears a crown.

Thank you.

Thank you, son.

How are you feeling?

Ah, that was nothing yesterday.

Something I ate, perhaps.

I'm happy for Lot.

Yes.

A daughter.

And time for more.

Time for a son.

And Sarai, as usual,

was a very good midwife.

She should probably...

Father.

It is killing her.

She has brought so many
children into the world.

Each birth is like a little death to her.

And when she dies a little, so do you.

I have nothing else.

She's all I have.

Abram, you're a mystery to me.

Now, Lot, I understand.

He's inherited from your dead brother,

so he's a child

with the wealth of a man,

trying very hard to be a man.

Nahor, I understand.

He is rich, but he thinks like a pauper,

looking under every stone
for his next piece of silver.

But you, huh?

You have more wealth than either of them,

and when I die, twice that.

And yet, it means nothing to you.

Instead you brood and ponder,

question and search.

For what?

Why can't you be happy

for what we have here, now?

Abram, the king's right.

I've never seen a place so green.

Their gods, as he said,

have made Haran a paradise.

I have tried to reach those gods.

But I get nothing.

Nothing?

You get nothing from the gods?

Nothing at all?

Nothing.

Listen, Lot took his bride
to the shrine of Sen

for the ritual of the full moon.

Did you know that?

And no sooner does he
take her to bed than...

a child.

Yes, sometimes the gods listen.

What is it?

Is it the King?

The King? No.

No, no, no. Not the King.

He's no better nor worse

than any other king I've met.

Is it our life here?

How can one...

not be content in a place like this?

Water, grass.

And this...

This is a rich land.

Is it me?

Oh.

Oh, no, no, no.

Talk to me.

I don't know.

I don't know. I--

I just need a--

What? What do you need?

It's--

I want to give you a child.

No, no, no.

No, it's not that at all.

- Not that at all.
- Then what?

The truth is I--

I don't know.

I just don't know.

Father, without doubt,
Sarai is a good woman.

A beauty.

Enough's enough.

I mean, she is, after all, only a woman.

Are you suggesting a second wife?

What else?

Look at me.

After Milcah dropped three sons

I took Reumah.

A luxury at the time, perhaps,

but now I have five sons.

A man can't have too many.

That's why we marry.

Of course, my brother
can't think like that.

Practical, feet on the ground.

He fights his secret war in his heart

and clings to Sarai like a drowning man.

Abram with a second wife?

Ah, I don't know.

Why not?

Who knows, he might even enjoy it,

if he could ever allow himself
to enjoy anything.

Oh, he's such a-- Brother.

Oh, those pains.

No, no, no.

They've become my friends.

I'd miss them if they didn't visit me

once in a while.

Um, come inside, Abram.

Something I want to show you.

Rather impressive, don't you think?

Here's a divinity

with a hidden power.

Eh?

Herbs of some kind.

Not sure exactly which.

It tastes awful,

but it's blessed by this deity,

which gives it amazing potency.

Is this why you've asked me here?

Well, yes, I thought--

Just to show you.

Abram, tonight,

try a little of this.

Sarai too.

Reumah and I tried it

and I can't tell you the di--

Gods for this.

Gods for that.

A god...

to eat!

Abram, what are you doing?

A god to sleep!

Are you insane? Stop it!

- Gods for riches!
- Stop it!

- Gods for rain!
- You're a madman!

They're all worthless!

False!

Useless!

Stop it!

Absurd!

Lies!

Lies!

Lies!

Stop!

No, no, no.

- Evil!
- Stop this madness now!

Abram.

Abram.

Go away...

from your father's house.

"Your father's...

house"?

From my father's house?

To the land I will show you.

"The land...

will show you"?

"Make...

"of you...

"a great...

nation"?

"And I will bl..."

"Bless...

"all those who bless you...

and curse all those who curse you"?

"And in...

"you...

"Shall all the families...

"of the earth...

be blessed"?

Now, let me see if I understand this.

There you were, face down in the mud

and a god spoke to you.

Fine, but what god?

What powers does he have?

What does he look like?

Where does he live?

Brother, I have studied
every god known to man

and they all have names, faces, places!

Besides you, Abram, who knows this god?

I don't know, Father.

Perhaps many...

in their hearts.

Oh, I see.

A god to be worshipped in ignorance.

Not so, brother.

It is simply that I am ignorant.

I do not know Him... yet.

But in time.

Fine. Fine. In time.

But now he's telling you to
pack up everything and everyone

and leave for who knows where?

No! It's insane!

I refuse to follow this brother
of mine and his voices.

We've worked too hard,

we've paid too high a price
for what we have here.

And he wants to forsake it?

For what?

You have changed, Abram. I can see it.

No, he hasn't.

He's still as stubborn as an ass!

Stop pacing and sit down.

Tell me, Abram. Help me understand.

What has happened to you?

This god said Abram's name would be famous.

That he will make of him a great nation.

But how? How can Abram make
a nation of people without--?

Children?

I don't know.

I've had enough of this nonsense!

If Abram and his men leave, we are at risk.

And you, brother, are in greater danger.

Out there, alone?

Your people will be
like sheep among jackals!

I feel...

that I am protected.

This nameless god, again!

Nahor...

Lot...

leave us.

Come on. Go. Out.

Abram,

you're my son.

You owe me obedience.

And instead, you listen
to this unknown god,

a nameless god who whispers into your ear

and bids you to leave your father's house,

to break your heart and mind.

What--?

What kind of god is this?

I don't know, Father.

But I-- I heard His voice.

It spoke to me above the silence
of all the other gods.

You despise the gods
who have given us protection.

They made us rich

and allowed our children and herds

to grow healthy and strong.

You renounce all our gods

because you've found a new god?

Ha.

I cannot stay, Father,

as much...

as it grieves me,

the thought of leaving you.

But I've felt...

I... I've heard Him call to me.

Abram...

you're taking away much joy from our lives.

I counted on you,

my son,

on the days to come.

You have a new heart and I don't know it.

But you know mine.

Go.

Go in peace...

...with the blessing of your god,

whoever he is,

and with mine.

Uncle...

I'm going to come with you.

To protect you.

Let us gather the herds.

Abram, she'll miss you.

Farewell.

Don't drink too fast.

Drink slowly.

Leave some for the animals.

Where were you going to?

To Haran, in the north.

That's where we came from.

Then you're going south?

Yes.

Toward Damascus?

Yes.

That's not a place where one
is necessarily welcomed.

Or at least...

...as far as I'm concerned.

There's much oppression there.

In fact, I would...

How many of them?

We come in peace.

That man is a slave.

He ran away from his master in Damascus.

We are taking him back.

That man is a guest in our camp.

Therefore, his life is sacred to us.

He must come with us,

back to the man who owns him.

"Owns him"?

Then I am willing to pay
for this slave's freedom.

The price is high.

His master spent a fortune
to buy him as a scribe.

He's fed him for years.

I will pay the price.

Thank you, master.

I'm your slave.

My name is Eliezer.

No, please, please.

Please, please, please! No, no!

No.

You are free.

You are free to go where you choose.

I'll give you what you need to reach Haran.

I have a brother there who may have work

for an educated man.

I can never repay you.

But you have my lifelong gratitude.

And I want to give you
this small piece of advice.

Turn back.

Stay the night with us.

Eat and rest.

Uncle!

Haran is probably worse...

than Damascus.

One question, please.

Why are we traveling south?

O my God...

...with all my heart,

I give thanks.

I have seen it as You have shown it to me.

Canaan.

This is the land of promise.

This piece of paradise

is no accident.

The hand of man is everywhere.

We are not alone here in Canaan.

Take what men you can spare

and form a circle right around
this valley as we...

I am Mambre, the Amorite.

And these are my two brothers.

I am Abram.

This is my nephew, Lot.

These are my people.

And this valley is our land.

And your people are on it.

It is a well-tended valley.

Yes, it is.

Because my father's father's father

dug for water here.

And he found a river under the earth.

Now it flows above.

And my father's father

planted these trees

and my father dammed the water
to make the lake

where your animals now drink.

Well, there's not much work
for you and your brothers to do.

Oh, yes.

We defend it.

Uncle Abram...

We have the advantage.

The land is good here

and the people are tired of wandering.

Let's take the place now.

We can defend it as well as any.

First, we kill these men?

If necessary.

Oh.

It would be necessary.

My nephew believes we have the advantage.

Your nephew is good with numbers.

Now we'll see if he knows how to use them!

No!

There is no justice between men

if our differences are measured
in numbers and in blood!

Your father...

and his father and his father
made this valley green.

This land is yours.

We will leave in peace.

Gather the herd.
We're going back to our valley.

My Lord, God,

You have led me here.

You have given me the land
that You have promised.

But why are You taking it away now?

I have brought with me
the hope of my people.

But how do I feed them?

Shall I remain here?

Shall I take them away?

But where, Lord?

Where?

Where?

Tell me what to do.

I am Your servant,

but how can I serve You?

How am I to serve You?

O my Lord,

do not abandon me.

I speak to Him

and He will not answer.

This is a mysterious god.

He wanted us to come here,

we did.

He showed me Canaan as it will be.

He said He would make our people
a great nation.

But how do we exist until then?

He will provide.

He made me a promise.

He cannot be untrue to that promise.

Last night,

in a tent next to ours, a child died.

I know.

- The animals are wailing.
- I know.

- The land has dried up.
- I know.

How can you follow this god?

I-- I do,

I can,

and I will.

Not you.

Not you too.

If Canaan is the home
that He has promised us

and we leave,

will He not be displeased?

Will He not abandon us?

But if we stay...

We will starve.

But if--

But if Canaan is not...

We will not die here.

We will not die here.

My People...

What am I doing?

What have I done?

Stay with it.

Stay with your faith.

Faith?

Uncle, we must find water and grass soon.

There's plenty of both.

Not far from here.

I traveled through here once

with a caravan of merchants

carrying spices.

Spices? To where?

To Egypt...

the land of the great river Nile.

It's a very fertile place.

Well, maybe that's where
we should be going.

That may not be so easy.

Egypt is ruled by a terrible tyrant

they call Pharaoh.

He watches over his land like a--

Like a jealous husband.

Could there not be an oasis,

a fertile valley, anything,

between here and that Pharaoh?

Nothing.

The desert remains harsh
and unfriendly all the way.

Well...

we will go on to this... land

of the river Nile.

We will go on.

Ah!

Abram!

Abram.

I have just been told by someone up ahead

that you may have an even greater problem

than we ever imagined.

It seems this Pharaoh has a lust

for beautiful women.

He pays great rewards
for men who supply them.

Are there no laws?

Oh, yes.

In fact, Egyptians are
very strict about such matters.

It's forbidden by sacred law

for one man to take the wife of another.

And so?

The Pharaoh has found a way around the law.

He... kills the husband.

I am not the kind of woman
a king would want.

You are?

Abram, son of Terah.

And these are?

These are my people.

Do you think you could be

a little more precise than that?

Yes.

Lot, son of Haran, my nephew.

Eliezer of Damascus.

Sarai, daughter of Terah,

my sister and--

Enough, enough, enough.

Just count them.

Fifty-three now.

What do you want in Egypt?

We'd like to rest a while,

pasture the animals, trade.

Trade?

Yes, trade.

Oh. Trade what?

Uh, we spin wool and, um,

tan hides, make tunics, cheese, sandals.

You're a little late.

- Late?
- Late.

Egypt's choking with nomads
and their filthy sheep.

The hills look like maggots
crawling on a dung heap.

Permission to enter...

denied.

Denied?

Denied.

You.

Wait.

A bit warm for all this, don't you think?

And for your crimes of
theft against this merchant,

it is the judgment of our Pharaoh

that justice will prevail.

Cut off their hands.

No!

Oh, please, no!

No! Please, no!

Lovely.

Yes.

Lovely woman.

Now, then.

You.

You are the brother.

Is that correct?

And your people are shepherds,
are they not?

Splendid.

You will be given two score of sheep,

one score of cattle,

oxen carts filled with food,
tents and so forth,

plus grazing land in the delta.

You'll obey Egyptian laws,
pay Egyptian taxes,

worship Egyptian gods.

Your sister is now a member
of the Pharaoh's household.

I know.

I know it's a ridiculously large reward.

Almost embarrassing, isn't it?

But no need for thanks.

The Pharaoh's generosity

is as boundless as the light of the Sun.

Welcome to Egypt, enjoy your stay.

Lot, bring in the tribe.

Get them water, food.

Take care of them.

Eliezer, we've got to get her out.

We've got to try.

Find out if she's guarded, how many guards.

I'll try my best. Be careful.

No, no, no, don't move.

I've almost finished.

I know. It's so thick you can
hardly keep your eyes open.

But even the men around here use it.

Everybody looks like everybody else.

Ha, half-awake.

Even the Pharaoh?

I've only seen the Pharaoh twice,

the first day they brought me here

and when he decided I was to be your slave.

His first gift to you.

What is he like?

Well, the priests say he is a living god.

I thought he was more like... a man.

A very cruel man sometimes.

What's your name?

Hagar.

How did you come here?

My father lost his farm.

He had debts.

I'm the payment.

Do you have to stay long?

Mistress...

no one ever leaves.

Hmm, we are racing to get you ready

but it might be weeks before he wants you.

Then, if you don't resist,

the worst thing that happens

is the usual thing that happens

between a man and a woman.

And if you will, I will too!

And did you?

They were wrong as usual.

I was told you were

one of the most beautiful women

ever to arrive from the desert.

But they were wrong.

You're one of the most beautiful women

to arrive from anywhere.

Come.

Sit down.

What are you thinking?

Are you afraid to answer?

I've never punished anyone
for their thoughts.

Are you thinking,

"What's going to happen between us?"

Nothing will happen.

Nothing you don't want to happen.

You don't believe me?

You're very lovely.

But I have many, many
beautiful women around me.

And I'm quite powerful.

But the mere exercise of power

I find boring.

I hope we're going to be friends.

If we are to be more than friends,

that's something...

you will decide.

Now it's time for my prayers.

I'm a god in exile on this earth.

Sometimes I need to ask
my heavenly brothers

for their advice.

And in addition, the Pharaoh insists

any further discrepancies
will not be tolerated.

The Pharaoh is displeased

and will not condone
any further discrepancies.

Such conduct is deplorable.

We await your immediate...

Eliezer.

Abram, please.

Come away.

Remain here,

and your life won't be worth
more than an Egyptian arrow.

She's too well-guarded.

I've tried to bribe a man

who said he had friends at court.

He vanished with my silver.

Abram...

don't forget,

you're responsible for many others.

They still need you.

Sarai is lost to you and us.

We all mourn her.

But it's time you look at reality

in its cruel face.

Sarai belongs to the man they call Pharaoh,

a god in his own right.

Sarai is mine!

She will always be mine.

Only mine!

How dare you presume
to be wife of that god!

He knows my heart.

He knows it would be better
to have me killed

than sentence me to a life without her.

Go.

Leave. Leave me.

Alone!

And there I'm having a storehouse built.

And I'm giving them a school.

A school?

A school.

I've built schools from Nubia to the delta.

Uneducated people make a weak nation.

And this is something very interesting.

What is that?

It looks like a mountain.

It will be as high as a mountain.

And large enough.

To do what?

To stop the rush of time.

The pyramid is like

a dam on the flowing river of time.

Inside there will be a chamber.

The place of eternal being,

where nothing can change.

Time cannot erode.

There I will have eternal life.

Your tomb.

Yes.

For sometime in the distant future.

For now, it is a stronghold

to guard my present.

A present I would like to offer you.

My needs are simpler than that.

What are your needs?

Hmm?

Tell me.

What do you want?

Anything.

Anything?

Anything within my power.

I want to see my family.

My brother.

I want to go back to my people.

Mistress?

I thought that maybe you would
like a taste of our dates.

You're hurt.

No.

Yes.

He's...

playing with me.

Torturing me.

He's trying to tear me
away from my own heart.

Did the Pharaoh threaten you?

He shows me kindness.

He treats you like
he's treated no one else before,

and he's been very generous to your people.

I'm grateful to him for that.

But I hate myself for how it makes me feel.

By resisting him, I keep my pride.

But it hurts me to think that
I'm endangering my people.

His anger could fall on them.

Tell me.

Has any woman ever--?

Escaped from here?

No.

They try, but they don't succeed.

Oh!

Ohhh!

Bring water. Call the doctor, quickly.

Help! Ohhh!

Your Divine Majesty has had a dream?

Oh, help!

Tell me your dream...
I'm in pain! I'm burning!

That I may render its meaning. Oh!

Help me.

I'm burning, I'm in pain!

This is a sign of how deeply you dream.

Your Majesty, I--

It's not a dream. I'm on fire!

My Pharaoh, you too?

Oh! Ugh!

Your wives, your children,

they are like you, all afflicted.

I've been poisoned.

Someone has poisoned me and my family.

But who, Majesty?

How should I know who?

But whoever it is, kill him!

Kill them!

Kill them, kill them!

Oh!

Ohhhh!

It burns! It burns,
you incompetent idiot! Ohhh!

We're doing what we can, my Pharaoh.

Get me out.

Get me out!

Get me out!

It is possible, Majesty,

a divine power, a god unknown to us

has unleashed his curse.

Curse? What curse? A god unknown to us?

A god unknown to me?

- I'm the only god here.
- Your Majesty--

The affliction, it's spreading
among our populace.

The panic is building. It's
affecting more and more people.

Our doctors are becoming desperate.

Pharaoh, I suspect this may be
the curse of a foreign god,

a god who has journeyed here
with foreigners.

Perhaps the desert people
we've allowed to enter Egypt.

The desert people?

You mean the people of the woman Sarai?

Yes, Majesty.

Your Majesty,

we have come to learn something.

It could explain the wrath
of the god of these nomads,

a god under whose protection
the woman called Sarai might be.

We have arrested the leader of her people.

Her brother.

Her husband, Your Majesty.

We should exterminate them, kill them all.

The men, the women, the children.

The entire filthy tribe.

Have him brought here at once.

Let him come in.

In.

On your knees.

I said on your knees.

Let him stand.

Come closer.

I can't see you. Come closer.

You see what you have done to me,

to my family and my people.

By your deceit,

some god has taken revenge

for an offence of which I'm innocent.

Why... did you lie to us?

Why did you say she's your sister?

Why?

Why?

I lied.

But to my God,

it is a greater offense
to kill a man and steal his wife

than it is to lie.

What... god...

what strange god...?

What...?

What sort of mysterious god...

is he?

Strange, yes.

And mysterious.

He has spoken to me and--

He has spoken to you?

Yes.

How?

In here.

He has guided my people.

He has guided you into my Egypt.

Why?

Why?

I don't know.

I don't know even if he has--

You say you don't know?

It's all imagination.
It's all your fantasy.

What sort of a god is that?

Do you think it's just
that we have to suffer,

the people, my family and me,

because of your lie?

Can't he take this curse off us?

Who are you?

Abram. A shepherd.

A shepherd.

Where is Sarai?

Your wife is my property.

She is...

in my household.

Your god has sent her to me.

To me.

There are many things
of which I am uncertain,

but one thing I am certain of,

that my God did not send her to you.

Look to her!

Is she not without affliction?

My God said, "I will bless
those who bless you

and I will curse those who curse you."

Look to her.

Take him away.

Wait.

I don't want to challenge your God anymore.

Thus the Pharaoh decides.

Take your wife,

the slaves I gave her,

take everything I've given
you and your people,

everything you have touched,

and be gone from my sight.

Out of Egypt.

And take your contamination with you.

Go.

Out. Out!

Keep moving!

Don't touch them.

Beware of the affliction!

Come on!

Hurry up.

Out!

Keep moving.

Get those stinking dogs out of here!

Get back! Don't touch them!

Out!

Out.

And may you all rot in the desert!

We've found it!

Water!

Water!

Abram!

Lot's discovered water, and he--

You're back, Abram.

We are home, Mambre.

And you are digging wells.

We will need water.

And you have found more.

Much more.

And we will share it with our neighbors.

And as our neighbors,

our friends are your friends

and our enemies are your enemies?

Yes.

So be it.

You stop it.

What have you done?

You could have killed him.

Lot's men won't let us
water our herds here.

Have you lost your minds?!

We are one family!

The water is for all of us.

I am ashamed of you. All of you!

And I hope that you are
ashamed of yourselves.

My fellow-- But Lot's men!

Violence will not solve problems!

Now, the pastures beyond that river

are overgrazed and turning brown.

If we do not leave enough grass,

the spring rains will wash away the soil.

Then I must move my herds.

Move your herds?

Uncle...

I prefer to keep what's yours
and what's mine apart.

If they're mixed,

it makes the counting more difficult.

The counting?

Oh, yes, of course.

Of course.

Counting is important.

There isn't enough water here
for all our herds.

This part of the land is
too small for both of us.

With respect, Lot,

by dividing our people, we grow weaker.

Well, of course you are...

free to choose.

If you wish to go to the right,
I will go to the left.

If you choose the left,
I will go to the right.

Beyond that hill there are green pastures,

along a river called the Jordan.

And there are cities.

I can go there to trade wool and skins.

But those merchants

come here to trade with us.

Yes. And they pay us less.

Whereas if I make the journey to them,

then I can get a better price.

Price?

A better price?

Oh, yes.

Yes, of course.

Price is important.

Well, so be it.

You go, then.

I will miss you.

I hope it brings you what you want.

But be cautious.

I have seen many cities,

some better, some worse.

In none, however,

have I felt a sense of fulfillment.

So keep your people outside the gates.

Thank you, uncle.

Gather the herds. We're going.

He is my brother's son.

But he's like my own.

May God protect him.

The four kings!

The four kings!

They did it!

They...

They attacked Sodom!

The four kings are coming!

Get some water!

Are you attempting to save this one's life?

How very kind of you.

To whom do you owe allegiance?

To Abram, the son of Terah.

But you're in the land
of the King of Sodom.

For the water, the grass.

Good, is it?

Well, you're wrong.

The grass of Sodom is as bitter as bile.

But soon it'll taste sweet...

when we water it with blood.

Seize tents,

goods, animals, everything you can find.

These people are--

Shepherd, you're moving
to greener pastures.

Take them north, as slaves.

Mother!

Mother!

My child!

There was a time long, long, long ago

when all men on earth
spoke the same language.

They came to a land called Shinar,

and they said to each other,

"Let us build

a tower tall enough
to rise above the clouds

and touch God's heaven

so we will be famous throughout the earth."

So they worked and worked and worked,

piling brick upon brick upon brick

until God saw their arrogance.

And he was very angry.

So he made it

so that they forgot their common language

and began to speak in
so many different tongues

that they couldn't understand
each other anymore.

Bluh, bluh, bluh, bluh, bluh.

So confusion rose all around.

The tower was left halfway built,

and God scattered them
across the face of the earth,

all of them separated
by their different languages.

Abram!

Abram!

Lot and his people,

they've been taken!

Get Mambre and his brothers.

Quickly.

This king thinks he's...

outrun the war.

He's posted no sentries.

It's a cold night.

They keep their faces toward the fire.

Circle to the hills in the north.

Eshcol to the west,

Aner to the east.

Be in place when the stars of the Scorpion

are above us.

On my signal, we will all attack at once.

How many are there, do you suppose?

Too many.

But they don't know our number,

and there's no moonlight to betray us.

When your warriors attack,

each man make the noise of five.

We will make the noise of 10!

Serug.

Come on, men, follow!

Come on, men.

My nephew's not here.

Eliezer.

Gather what food you can.

Feed these people.

Talk to them.

Perhaps they might have news

of the other kings.

They're coming back!

He's dead.

I saw him.

Abram, he's dead!

No, no, it was only a dream.

A bad dream.

No, he's dead!

Through his heart.

This fever burns your sleep.

No, I know the meaning of the sweat.

It's not fever.

I'm not a woman anymore.

He's not dead.

Yes!

It's only dreams and fever.

He's dead.

Abram is not dead. Look at me.

No, fool, look at me!

I'm empty.

Old, dry.

Abram is dead.

And his seed's dead with him.

Two of our men saw Lot and his family.

They're still alive.

Oh, God...

Mambre and his men in position?

Not yet.

They'll give us a signal.

I'm afraid this time
we are facing a great danger.

These two kings are much stronger.

Eliezer.

Last night,

a lance came close enough to me

to taste death.

Years ago, my God promised me

that I would father a great nation.

But his promise is still...

only a promise.

Now, it is harvest time for Death,

and if it should take me,

I have no son

to inherit the tribe

and no one to protect Sarai.

No one.

Nothing.

But I have made a decision.

That you will inherit.

Abram--

- Abram--
- I want your word

that you will use all your wisdom

to guide my people

and your life to protect

Sarai.

Abram.

I give you my word.

I will.

Serug, wait!

Let him go.

Who are you?

Abram.

This man is my nephew.

So you want this?

And his people.

Is that all?

No.

His goods,

his animals

and all the prisoners you've taken.

Eh, what do I get in return?

Your life.

I could take yours now.

Oh, yes, you could.

And then we would be even.

It's an interesting offer.

But only as honest as the man who makes it.

Let them go!

All of them.

Enough blood...

has been spilt.

We have got what we came for.

It will end here.

Move on.

Get up. Get up.

Now I've got a stallion!

I don't think that your children
should witness any of this.

Uncle Abram's right.

Take the girls back to the tent.

Goodbye, Abram.

Goodbye, and thank you.

Praise be to Abram,

conqueror of our enemies!

I, Bera, King of Sodom, declare

that because of your courage and valor,

you shall receive the riches
and spoils of the battlefield.

A king's reward...

to a brave man.

I want none of it.

I fought only to free my nephew.

None of it?

None of it.

I swore to the Lord God most high,

Creator of heaven and earth,

that I would not take a string,

a sandal thong...

or any of the spoils of my victories.

They are yours.

Serug!

Leave the animals with the spoils.

Abram!

Aren't you forgetting something?

My people, the prisoners you freed.

The people I freed are just that.

Free.

Free to go where they choose.

Uncle, try to understand.

We have a life here in Sodom.

We work hard. We earn well.

We can't leave now.

You too are free to choose.

Take care of your family.

They're back!

They're back!

They're back!

I thought you were dead.

I would not desert you by dying.

I will never fail you.

But I have failed you.
I've not given you a son.

And now it's too late.

The Lord has failed us.

No, He has not failed us.

He kept His promises.

He's given us great victories

with very few losses.

And I love you.

More than life itself.

My Lord God...

My Lord God, I...

I am afraid.

I am alone.

Tell me...

Tell me what You want of me.

Speak to me.

I beg you.

Speak to me.

Fear not, for I am your shield.

Your reward shall be great.

Oh.

Oh...

O my Lord God.

Why do You reward me?

Why me?

I... have no child...

no son.

I am alone and I will die alone.

Why do You bless me...

with Your gifts?

The heir to all You have given me

will be Eliezer of Damascus.

He will inherit.

Abram, not Eliezer.

He will not be your heir.

Go to your altar, prepare a sacrifice

and look toward heaven.

Number the stars.

So shall your descendants be.

I am the Lord

who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans

to give you and your descendants

this land to possess.

But how, O Lord?

Without a son,

how can I have descendants?

Abram, I make this covenant with you.

A son of your own flesh

shall be your heir.

Blessed be, Abram, by the Lord most high,

Maker of heaven and earth.

And blessed be the Lord most high

Who has delivered your enemies
into your hands.

I come to you in the Lord's name.

Shh.

Shh.

I am Melchizedek,

king and the Lord's high priest of Salem.

I've brought you bread and wine.

I am grateful to you for your words.

The Lord most high?

Creator of...?

Heaven and earth, yes.

And I-- Worship him?

Yes.

And you know Him.

I...

I have heard His voice.

And He has--

Given you these victories.

Victory, yes.

I praise the Lord for them.

But these victories--

Are bitter?

It is not by force alone
that man finds his reward.

You have also won

great wealth,

but you, Abram,
have turned your back on it.

- For it means--
- Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing compared to the vision
He has opened to us,

a vision beyond our time.

You've found a home

in this land

and defended it.

The Lord be blessed.

You've met a man who understands you.

My good Lord sent him to me.

Come.

Come.

Mistress, how may we help you?

Leave us, please.

Sit.

I need to ask a favor of you.

Of me, mistress?

I'm your servant.
Anything you ask I must do.

I want this to be your choice

so there's no strife between us.

You are Egyptian

and may not understand
the ways of my people.

If you agree, it is to this.

Each night, you will come to
my tent and lay with my husband.

You will do this until you are with child,

and only until then.

When you give birth,

you will do so sitting on my knees.

In this way,

the child will be mine...

and only mine...

under the law.

Mistress...

I see no other way.

The Lord has prevented me
from bearing children.

Take my servant...

that you and I might obtain a child by her.

Could you leave us alone, please?

"I will give you a son...

of your own flesh."

Go, go, go, go.

Isn't it wonderful?

More births this year than ever before.

And one more in the winter.

Hagar is with child.

I will have a son!

And what if it's a daughter?

It will be a son...

as the Lord promised.

And we will raise him

to be strong and wise.

I will give you your son.

Yes. Yes.

This smells strange.

Just a pinch of herbs and lamb tastes.

Mmm.

Where'd you find this?

In places only an Egyptian knows.

What is that?

I'm cooking something for Abram.

I do the cooking for my husband.

As I recall, this was
the Pharaoh's favorite.

You enjoyed it with him
many times, didn't you?

Bury it.

What are you doing?

What is that?

A cradle... for the child.

Made like that?

A basket?

But the reeds will tear his skin off.

I've lined it soft as a sparrow's nest.

I'll find one from the city
made with fragrant cedar

and Egyptian linen,

perfumed with crushed flowers.

I wouldn't raise a child
in a thing like that.

Well, have no fear.

He's mine to raise.

And it won't be in a perfumed box.

It'll be according to our traditions.

This woman behaves as though

she were the mistress and I the servant.

May the wrong done to me be done to you.

I gave my servant to your embrace.

And since the day she conceived,

she has looked on me with contempt.

May the Lord be the judge
between you and me.

Has an agreement not been made between you?

Then between you, you must resolve it.

However, she is your servant

and you are entitled
to do with her as you wish,

but in accordance to our law

an agreement must not be broken.

It is right that she respect
not only our agreement,

but also the ways of our people.

You may go back to work.

Hagar!

Hagar.

Ha--

You, that way.

In the areas around. Go.

Go, go.

Hagar!

Hagar!

Ugh! Uh!

Oh, oh!

Oh. Oh!

Hagar.

You know my name.

Where have you come from
and where are you going?

I'm fleeing from my mistress.

You're with child and will bear a son.

And the Lord will so greatly
multiply your descendants

that they cannot be numbered.

Your son shall be a man
the world cannot break.

Wild and unconquered,
his hand against every man,

and every man's hand against him.

He shall rule in front of his brothers.

You shall call your son Ishmael...

meaning, "God listens."

Return to your mistress, Hagar...

and submit to her.

Try further down the valley!

Don't worry, Abram!

- Nothing?
- We'll find her!

Nothing, nothing.

There, she's back!

We were so worried!

Are you all right?

O my God.

I have seen an angel of the Lord.

I shall have a son,

and his name shall be Ishmael.

You're doing well.

One more time. You're very close.

That's it. That's it.

You're doing it.

It's coming. I know it's coming.

Okay, push. Push.

Push.

All right, lean on me. I'll do it for you.

On your knees as agreed...

but this is mine to do...

alone!

Abram.

Abram!

Oh, yes.

Oh, oh.

Oh, ohhh.

My son.

My son, Ishmael.

Ishmael, yes.

My son.

My son.

Ishmael.

Ishmael.

Ishmael, yes.

Ishmael, you must sacrifice

something of great value to yourself,

something that you love,

something that you would
risk your life for,

as you would this ram.

He is a handsome animal

who could father many sheep

that will add to your wealth.

But you will offer the life
of this creature to God

as a sign.

As a sign that shows the Lord
that you would put nothing,

nothing of this world above Him,

the Lord God most high.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Now, the ritual
must be carried out properly.

The creature that you sacrifice
must lie quietly,

accepting his sacrifice.

Now...

You must bind him.

Shh.

Good boy.

Now-- Ooh!

Ooh. Shh!

Talk to him, son. Touch him.

He is afraid,
and he must not show his fear.

Talk to him.

There. Good.

Now we will place him on the altar.

Now take his life.

Quickly.

Now, son, you have hunted
and killed many animals.

But this is different.

Oh, yes, and in your heart,
it must feel very different.

Do it.

Now we will give thanks.

O my Lord,

I give thanks.

I give thanks, O my Lord.

And which you give me anew
each morning that I awake.

And which you give me anew
each morning I awake.

O my Lord, I thank thee
for my son Ishmael...

who is brave and strong...

and will one day lead our people
into the future.

May you always be with him.

Now we gather wood.

And we'll burn the offering.

Abram.

I am your God.

And I will make my covenant
between me and you.

No longer shall your name
be Abram, Man of Greatness,

but Abraham, Father of Nations.

For I will make you
the father of multitudes.

Kings shall come from you.

As for Sarai, your wife,

you shall no longer
call her Sarai, a princess,

but Sarah, a queen.

And she shall be the Mother of Nations.

Kings shall come from her,

for I will give you a son by her.

Well...

My Lord.

My Lord!

Lord.

A man of my age...

How can I have a child?

And S--

How can Sarai--?

Sarah shall bear you a son

and you will call him

Isaac.

Isaac.

Isaac.

As for you,

this is my covenant,

which you and your descendants shall keep.

Every male among you

shall be circumcised
in the flesh of the foreskin.

And this shall be a sign of the covenant

between me and you.

So shall my covenant be
in your flesh everlasting.

And I will give to your descendants

the land of Canaan
for everlasting possession.

We have guests.

Bring some water.

Welcome.

Welcome to my home.

Rest yourselves a while.

Let water be brought
that you may wash your feet,

and food that you may warm your hearts.

I thank you, Abraham,

for your hospitality.

Where is your wife Sarah?

Sarah?

She's...

Sh-she's in the...

The tent.

Abraham.

O my Lord.

If I have found favor in your heart...

and...

And in your sight,

do not pass Your servant by.

Stay with me.

Let a bit of bread be brought

that you may refresh yourself.

Do as you have said.

Bake bread, prepare the--

Prepare the best food we have.

I will stay a while,

then return to you in one year.

And Sarah, your wife, shall have a son.

Sarah.

Is there anything the Lord cannot do?

Do you think you are too old

to bear a child?

Then why did you laugh?

I-I did not laugh.

Oh, but you did laugh.

You will bear Abraham a son.

And you will call him Isaac,

meaning "laughter."

Lord.

Ishmael.

Do not worry about Ishmael.

Behold, I have blessed him

and will make him fruitful

and will multiply him exceedingly.

Twelve princes shall he beget.

And I will make him a great nation.

My Lord, will you not stay a while longer?

I shall not hide

from my friend Abraham,
the Father of Nations,

what I am about to do.

The outcry against

Sodom and Gomorrah is great.

The sins of which they
are accused, very grave.

And I will go there to see if they indeed

have done according to these outcries.

My Lord, will you destroy...

the righteous with the wicked?

My Lord,

suppose 50 righteous are within the city,

will you not spare the whole city

for the 50 righteous who are in it?

Far be it from the Lord
to do such a thing to...

slay the righteous with the wicked.

If I find at Sodom 50 righteous,

I will spare the whole city for their sake.

My Lord, I who am but dust and ashes

should dare not ask,

but suppose five of the 50 are lacking?

Will you destroy the whole city
for the lack of five?

I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.

Oh, Lord, be not angry.

Suppose 40 are found there?

For the sake of 40, I will not do it.

Suppose 30?

I will not do it if I find 30.

Twenty?

For the sake of 20, I will not destroy it.

My Lord.

My Lord, I--

May I speak again just this once?

Suppose 10?

For 10, I will not destroy it.

My Lord...

What of those...

that are without guilt?

My Lord.

My Lord.

My Lord.

Here. Over here.

Hello.

Where have you just come from?

Here we are!

Oh, stop that!

You are strangers here.

Welcome to our city. I am at your service.

Why don't you come to my house

and stay for the night and wash your feet.

Yes, do.

Then you may rise up early
and go on your way.

We thank you,

but we will spend the night in the street.

No. I beg you, my friends.
Not in these streets.

Come with us.

Come on, they're in Lot's house.

He won't admit it,

but he cooks much better than I do.

We want your beautiful friends. Lot!

Where are the men who came to you tonight?

Bring them out. We want them to join us.

Ooh!

Lot!

Don't keep them all to yourself.

Lot?

Oh-ho, ho, ho!

Oh-ho, ho, ho!

Lot!

These men are my guests.

Under my roof, my protection
and my hospitality.

All that all right.

We'll show them both
the hospitality of Sodom.

I beg you, my friends,

don't do this, please.

I beg you, please don't do this,
my friends.

This is not the sort of thing--

Friend. Friend?

You think we are your friends, huh?

You buy a house, you think
you can buy our friendship?

Take me. Don't take them, take m--

Shh!

What did you say?

Take me. Don't take them. Take me.

Ooh!

Now, there's an interesting
offer. Take you?

Protecting a guest is a sacred duty.

You can take me, you can take my daughters.

But you can't take my guests.

Oh-ho! Happy night.

We can take them all.

My eyes! My eyes!

I can't see!

I can't see! I'm blind!

Quickly. Do not stop and do not look back.

Do not stop. Flee to the hills.

Hurry.

Remember,

do not look back, or you will be consumed.

Quickly. Quickly.

Oh, no. No!

Keep moving. Follow me and don't look back.

Into this cave. Quickly.

Nooooo!

No! Ah!

God will give you what He's promised.

Suppose He gives me a son
and He takes Sarah?

Would you--?

- Would you go to her, please?
- Why?

Why?

Well, she's...

She's labored night, day,

and the midwives won't tell me anything.

She could be in danger.

Please comfort her.

She'd take little comfort from me.

Something, anything.

It's in God's hands. Leave it there.

Abraham, tell me.

Have you found Ishmael to be
an acceptable, deserving son?

Ishmael?

Acceptable? Deserving?
O my God, he is a joy.

Why, then, for the 10 years since his birth

have you and I walked the same ground

and hardly passed a word?

Why have you never offered me

a word of gratitude?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Would you forgive me?

But now you speak.

Only now, when you want my help.

Your wife has servants enough.

And you see, they've done their job.

Go to her, Abraham.

Yes! Yes!

And his name...

will be Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Isaac! Isaac! Isaac!

Ishmael. Ishmael.

Ooh!

Ishmael!

Take him now.

Ishmael, get him quick.

The winner, Ishmael!

Hooray!

Serug, I challenge you to a joust.

Oh, you're feeling brave tonight, huh?

Mother. Mother!

Did you see what Ishmael did?

Did you see it?

Yes, Isaac, I saw.

He's very strong.

Come on.

Ishmael continues to amaze me
with his skill and cunning.

He's become a natural leader.

Now let's see

If Serug can teach him
some manners with his staff.

Wait.

This isn't fair.

Why not?

Isaac!

Come here, I need your help.

Hold on to my hair and watch Serug.

Don't let him trick me.

Now it's even. Two against one.

Hooray!

Well done.

Let's see what you can do with the bow

and without any help.

I love you both!

Ishmael!

Father.

Ishmael is taking the herds
to the upper pasture tomorrow.

May I go with him?

Of course.

It's wonderful. It's wonderful.

Oh! The children.

God, I love those children.

Where is Isaac?

Isaac? He's with Ishmael.

What is it, Sarah?

I've seen something terrible tonight.

Are you worried?

About what?

The future.

The future?

Ah, the future.

The future.

Ooph!

The future.

Whose?

My son's.

I don't want Isaac going
into the mountains alone.

He won't be going alone.
He'll be going with Ishmael.

I know.

Ishmael teaches Isaac
something new every day.

When he comes back,

he'll know as much about the herds

as the best of our herdsmen.

And if he doesn't come back?

Why wouldn't he come back?

Ishmael would do what Hagar
tells him to do.

And Hagar would do anything

to put her son in our son's place,

the son that God gave us.

Oh, Sarah, Sarah...

You two have made no secret

of your feelings towards each other.

That is ancient business.

Every man in the tribe

is now ready to follow Ishmael
into the teeth of death.

He's so much older than Isaac.

He's headstrong.

Fearless.

And then I looked at his mother.

Oh, husband,

such dreadful ambition burns
in that girl's eyes.

Oh, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah--

In time, and not much of that,

God will take us.

If we leave Isaac and Ishmael behind,

who...?

Who will inherit?

Which of those two will lead?

Isaac is God's choice.
He is the choice of God.

And he loves his brother.

Oh, yes, he does.

So much so that if Ishmael asked,

Isaac would happily give away
his birthright

to please Ishmael,

to follow Ishmael,

to worship Ishmael.

Isaac is God's choice.

That is God's promise.

Tell me...

without us...

do you think little Isaac

could stand up to Ishmael and his mother?

How will God ensure it will be Isaac?

Will he strike Hagar and Ishmael dead?

You love both of your sons so much

you don't see it.

I love them too.

But we created this problem.

And now God's put it in our hands to solve.

No, no. No.

I...

created the problem.

I did not have sufficient faith
in the words of God.

And now the problem...

is ours to solve.

But how?

How?

Send them away.

What?

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Yes, just send them away.

Send them away?!

For the protection of our son.

Send them...

away.

I believe...

the words you spoke

were not yours alone,

but God's will.

Mother and son will be gone in the morning.

Go with God.

Don't worry about us, Father.

I know how to survive.

Yes.

You learned well.

Hagar. Hagar.

Remember the words of the Lord.

"Behold, I have blessed him.

"And I will make him...

...a great nation."

What is it, son?

Ishmael?

You miss him?

Me too.

You're worried about him?

Me too.

Shall we ask God for His help?

Yes, Father.

Pick a lamb you love,

as you love Ishmael,

and we will offer its life
for your brother's safety.

Will you choose or will I?

I will.

Must it be one I love?

Yes.

Must it be the one I love the most?

As a sign of your faith.

Not today.

Not today, my son. Not today.

God will provide for Ishmael.

God will provide.

Ishmael.

Mother.

Hagar.

Fear not,

for God has heard the cries of Ishmael.

Arise.

Lift up your son and hold him fast.

For God shall make of him

a great nation.

All the stars, they huddle together

and they take the shape of little animals.

The Ram comes first.

And then after comes the Scorpion,

the Goat and the Fish.

Now, knowing where the stars are

and where they go in their movement

helps us to journey at night.

Sometimes they can help us to win a battle.

Eliezer!

Did you know that the stars
are like little animals

in the night sky?

No wonder there are so many!

Get your bow and arrow.
It's time to practice!

Yes, sir.

Oh, he's got so much to learn.

And I so little time to teach him.

But... his mind is wonderful.

So fast in understanding

and his memory
so quick to grasp and to hold.

Yes, Abraham... No matter what I teach him.

But there's something
that needs your interest.

Look how well he's learning to ride.

I've never seen a child, or indeed a man,

with such a mastery over animals.

One word, one whisper,
and they do anything he asks.

Yes, he rides very well, but...

It's more than a skill.

Isaac has a gift.
He was born with it, I believe.

A power over beasts that's magical.

Higher with the bow. Higher. Higher!

Abraham, may I interrupt you?

Yes, yes, yes. What is it?

Serug's-- Serug's boy is 8 days old now.

They are waiting for you
to perform the circumcision.

Ah, yes, yes.

Well, it's a simple thing.
You-- You-- You do it.

But it's not my place.

Good shot! Good shot!

Well, then, the father. They've
seen me do it a hundred times.

But it's Serug. He wants you.

Oh, when will they understand?

Can't you see I'm busy?

Every day, they're growing
more and more like children.

And you, more and more like a stranger.

Sarah's been talking to you.

Yes.

I thought so.

Well, I will tell you what I told her.

Isaac will lead our people.

And soon.

Soon, I think.

He is my only son... now.

And I want every day I have to prepare him.

And nothing is more important than that.

Do you understand?

Nothing.

Yes.

Eliezer.

I will not disappoint my God again.

Again?

There were times in the past

when I believed that he had abandoned me.

But it was I

who had abandoned him.

And I will not disappoint him again.

Isaac, come.

Come with the bow.

Come, let me show you.

Let me show you how to string the bow.

Abraham.

Here I am, Lord.

Take your son Isaac

and go to the land of Moriah.

To a mountain there, which I will show you.

And offer him as a burnt sacrifice.

L--

Lord?

Offer him as a burnt sacrifice.

Lord, Lord...

"Offer him...

as a burnt sacrifice"?

My Lord.

My Lord.

"Offer Isaac...

as a burnt sacrifice"?

Why, Lord?

O my Lord!

Why?!

Whyyyyy...?

You will stay here.

My son and I will...

go up and worship.

And then we will c--

We will come back...

down to you.

Father, there are no sheep up this high.

Did you bring the flint to make a fire?

Yes.

We have wood,

but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

God will provide the lamb.

Hold out your arms,

Isaac.

Tie me tightly, Father.

O God...

give me the strength

to do what I must.

Abraham.

Do not harm your child.

For now I know that you fear God,

seeing that you have not withheld your son,

your beloved son.

My Son!

My son.

My son. My son.

I will bless you

and I will multiply your descendants

as the sand which is upon the seashore,

as the stars of the heavens above.