All language subtitles for The.Red.Tent.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-TrollHD.EN

(CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER CARRYING)

DINAH: For thousands of years,
I've been lost to the world.

My name means nothing to you.

My memory is dust.

Only the names of my father
and brothers are remembered.

Their tales celebrated
in your holy text,

while mine is but a footnote.

Sad, violent.

All but forgotten.

It wasn't meant
to be that way,

but the chain between mother
and daughter was broken,

and the word passed
to the keeping of men.

Men too invested
in the origins of
the 12 tribes of Israel

to bother with
the life of one simple girl,

me, Dinah.

Jacob's only daughter.

(JACOB CHUCKLING)

But if you asked me,
I would tell you
a different story.

One that began
with the red tent

and the women who raised me...

WOMAN: (CALLING OUT)
Dinah!

For I was also the daughter
of Jacob's four wives.

And it was here
in the sacred place

where the women went to bleed
during the full moon,

that I came to
know the secrets

and wisdom and
love of my mothers.

Four half-sisters
born of the same father,

a cruel and
stingy man named Laban,

who cursed the gods
for only giving him daughters.

His oldest, my mother, Leah,

was strong and capable
and splendidly arrogant.

My aunt, Rachel,
possessed a beauty

as powerful as
it was unearthly,

as powerful as
it was unearthly,
and she wielded
it like a sword.

and she wielded
it like a sword.

My aunts, Zilpah and Bilhah,

were Laban's daughters
by a slave-wife,

were Laban's daughters
by a slave-wife,
and were given to Jacob
as part of Leah
and Rachel's dowries,

and were given to Jacob
as part of Leah
and Rachel's dowries,

although he never treated
them as lesser wives.

I can still hear
their laughter.
(HEARTY LAUGHTER)

The songs and stories
they spun like gold,

and the sacred rituals
passed down
from their mothers,

for the gods we
worshipped in secret.

In the cool shade
of the red tent,

they handed down
their memories
to me like gifts,

they handed down
their memories
to me like gifts,
and it was
through their voices

and it was
through their voices

that I came to
discover my own.

But if my story
began with my mothers,

But if my story
began with my mothers,
theirs began the day
my father walked
into their camp.

theirs began the day
my father walked
into their camp.

(MAN WHEEZING)

(GASPS) Water!

(PANTING INTENSELY)

Am I dead?

(SHUSHING) Drink.

My eyes tell me
I must be.

Why? What do they see?

A face...

(CHUCKLES WEAKLY)

too beautiful
to be of this world.

My name is Rachel.

And you are not dead.

Father!

Father!

Father!
Where have you been?

I sent you for
water hours ago.

Father! A man at the well,

he said that he was
looking for this camp

and that he'd
been walking for days

and that he'd
been walking for days
and then he fainted
from fever right
at my feet.

and then he fainted
from fever right
at my feet.

and then he fainted
from fever right
at my feet.
I brought him back to
life and he kissed me.

I brought him back to
life and he kissed me.

He said we were
cousins, and...
Stop babbling, girl!

What did you do?

I kissed him back,
you silly goat!

I kissed him back,
you silly goat!
You sure it isn't you
who's got the fever?

You sure it isn't you
who's got the fever?

Kissing a man
you've just met?
You wouldn't understand.

You know nothing of love.
So it's love, is it?

Silence! All of you!

(SHRIEKS)

Uncle, I am Jacob,

son of Isaac and
your sister, Rebecca.

She has sent me here,
asking that you welcome me
as your kinsman

and allow me to earn my keep
as protector of your domain.

And your father's domain?

And your father's domain?
Who is protecting that?

Who is protecting that?

My brother, Esau.

He and I...

There is no longer
a place for me there.

Ah.

We'll see if you
can tend to my flocks

as well as you
did my daughter.

Leah.

See to the needs
of our "Kinsman."

Cousin.

Leah.

DINAH: From that moment on,
her heart was his.

That first year,
Jacob made good on
his promise to Laban,

while falling deeper
under Rachel's spell.

(JACOB AND DINAH'S
LAUGHTER CARRYING)

So Bilhah,
which one will it be?

This one.

Are you sure? He's the runt.

That's why he needs me.

And your sister needs
help with the milking.

All right.

Thank you, Jacob.

It's kind of you.

I was only going
to sell three or four
of them anyway.

They'll fetch a good price
once I've trained them.

You've done
well here, Jacob.

Barely a year,
and the herd's
almost doubled.

The wool is finer,
the goats fat.

I had the counsel of someone
very wise to help me.

You give my father
too much credit.

We both know he's a lazy fool.

Wasn't your father
I was speaking of.

RACHEL: Did Jacob tell you?

Father's finally
agreed to a bride-price.

We'll marry next week.
(LAUGHS)

I'm glad.

For both of you.

I know how long
you've waited.

RACHEL: Make sure to
only use the best yarns.

I want to look perfect.

If Jacob remembers
anything of your
wedding night,

it will be what
you looked like

out of your clothes,

not in them.

I always thought
Leah'd be the first,

since she's the bravest.

Are you sure
you're ready for it?

Zilpah, you'll make
her nervous!

She should be.

It's one thing
to please a man
with kisses.

It's another to
please him down there.

Jacob will be patient.

He'll help her.

When have you ever
seen a male be patient

when he's in
the throes of mating?

Maybe that's how
the goats and sheep do it.

My Jacob would
never be that vile.

They can't help it.

LEAH: Now you've upset her!

She needed to know.

(CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYING)

(ULULATING)

(CHEERING)

It's starting!

Jacob was dancing like this.

In the name of Inanna,
from whom all life flows...

To complete
the marriage ceremony,

you need to walk
around him three times...

Oh, I'm getting
a bit dizzy.

...as she takes her final
step into womanhood.

Watch your posture,
keep your head up.

Not sure I can do it anymore.

Guide her in
the duties of a wife.

Jacob looked so happy.

And bless this union.
Your posture!

This is gonna be
a great wedding.
As you ready her for...

Stop! I can't do this!
I won't!

Calm yourself, sister!
You're acting like a child!

I don't care.
I'm not ready for this.

You have to tell Father
that I've changed my mind.

LEAH:
I can't tell him that.

Everything's
been arranged!

Jacob is out
there waiting.

Then take my place.
Sister, no.

What?
Please, Leah?

What?
Please, Leah?
I'm afraid. Do this
for me, I beg you.

I'm afraid. Do this
for me, I beg you.

Jacob will
never know it's you.

Jacob will
never know it's you.
You'll be hidden
under the bridal veil.

You'll be hidden
under the bridal veil.

And when he takes it off me
when we're inside the tent?

Don't let him.

Say that...

Say that you're shy and
you want to keep it on,

just for the first time.

After that,
it won't matter.

The marriage
will be consummated,

and he'll have to accept it.

And will you?

She was so scared.

I'm sorry.

I'm not.

Show me what to do.

(BACKGROUND CHUCKLING)

Oh!

(BOISTEROUS LAUGHTER)

Tell me, Ruti.

(SOBS)

(CRYING)

How are you feeling?

Hungry.

(LAUGHING)

What is it?

I'm not used to
seeing you laugh.

I'm not used
to being happy.

Show me what to do.

Laban!

Is this how you repay
my hard work and loyalty?

Is this how you repay
my hard work and loyalty?
By duping me
into a marriage
I did not want?

By duping me
into a marriage
I did not want?

What have you done?

Don't pretend
this ruse was anyone
else's idea but yours.

You saw an opportunity
to marry off your
eldest daughter,

and you took it!

You drugged me
with strong wine

so I would not
realize until too late

so I would not
realize until too late
that I had wed this harridan
instead of my beloved.

that I had wed this harridan
instead of my beloved.

I kept my oath

and bedded her,
as was my duty.

But make no mistake,

I do not consider
her my wife until
Rachel is also mine.

For twice the price you
originally offered me.

LABAN: And why
would I agree to give

some miserable shepherd
two of my daughters?

Four.

I'll take Zilpah
and Bilhah

as dowries
for the other two.

And you'll agree to it,

because this
"miserable shepherd"

has earned you more
profit in one year

than you would
normally see in 20.

And even you aren't stupid
enough to give that up.

(CLATTERING)

(BARKS) Ruti!

Rachel!

How could you?

They told me you
didn't touch the wine!

You knew it was Leah
all along and you did
nothing to stop it!

Say something!

Never lie to me again.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

DINAH: Over the next 10 years,
the camp doubled in size.

Jacob took on several bondsmen
and their families,

and the tribe prospered.

(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)

(LAUGHING)

I'll bring it to him.

DINAH: It took Leah
and Rachel years to learn
how to share a husband.

Each one longed for what
the other could give him.

It was Rachel
he loved the most,

It was Rachel
he loved the most,
deeply and to his very soul.

deeply and to his very soul.

But it was Leah
who bore him sons,

one after the other,

while Rachel
remained childless.

(WOMAN CRYING OUT IN PAIN)
RACHEL: That's it!

One more big push.

DINAH: And though her
skills as a midwife

earned her a place
of honor amongst all
the tribes in Haran,

(WOMAN CRYING OUT)

(WOMAN CRYING OUT)
(INFANT BAWLING)

(INFANT BAWLING)

her "golden hands"
delivering more babies
than she could count,

(INFANT CRYING)

it was never enough.

It's beautiful.

You should give it to
someone more deserving.

More deserving
than my wife?

It was supposed
to make you happy.

You know there
is only one thing
that can make me happy,

and for years,
I have failed you.

Is that why you
think I lie with you?

To produce sons?

No,

my love.

I lie with you tonight,

I lie with you tonight,
every night we share

every night we share

because you are my heart.

There can be no

truer wife than that.

DINAH: Whether it was
a simple twist of fate,
or the gods' sense of irony,

Rachel conceived
a child that night.

(CHILDREN GIGGLING)

She gave birth to
my brother, Joseph,

whose dreams would
one day divine the future.

Simon, Levi, can you
help me finish this?

I'll do it, Mother.

(EXHALES WEARILY)

You shouldn't
be carrying this.

Reuben, keep an eye
on your brothers.

Your mother needs rest.

(BOYS GRUNTING)

So you all know, then?

(WEARY GROAN) Oh...

(OTHERS CHUCKLING
WITH EMPATHY)

Seven sons I have borne,

and I love them all,

but I don't think
I have the strength

to carry this one.

I don't think I'll survive it.

Yes, you will.

How do you know?

Because you have us,

and because your little
girl is going to need you.

(TEARFUL CHUCKLE)

Let us be your strength.

I promise you, Leah.

You will not leave this world,

and we will bring
your daughter into it.

Our daughter.

She will belong
to all of us.

(LAUGHS)

(LEAH CRYING OUT)

It'll be over soon.

(INFANT CRYING)

You have a daughter!

DINAH: I was born in the red
tent during springtime.

Leah pronounced my name,

and Zilpah said she
heard music in it.

The first syllable
high and clear,

as when a mother calls
to her child at dusk.

The second one soft
for whispering on pillows.

Dinah.

(GIGGLES AFFECTIONATELY)

(LIVELY CHATTER IN CAMP)

JACOB: Dinah!

Joseph! Father and
Reuben are back!

(LAUGHING) Come!

There's my Dinah!

(JACOB LAUGHING)

And my golden boy,

Joseph.
Welcome back, Father.

"Golden boy," huh?

"Golden boy," huh?
Golden boy.

Golden boy.

Levi, Simon, help Reuben
unload the grain.

DINAH: (GUSHES)
Oh! Look!

Oh, Joseph. Ooh!

How beautiful.
(LAUGHING)

LABAN: Jacob.

Is that what my
sheep are buying now?

Presents for your
precious children?

JACOB: It would've bought
a lot more if you hadn't
lost half of them

to pay off your
gambling debts.

Are you deaf,
you stupid woman?
(SHRIEKS)

I told you to get
me some more wine!

Come on! Get up!

You've had enough!

And so has she.
Oh?

LABAN: And I suppose
we have to look to you

as lord and master
now, do we?

Better to me than
a useless drunk.

You keep it up,
we'll have nothing left.

What I do with my property
is none of your business.

It is when it
affects my family.

Your family wouldn't exist
without my generosity.

You'd do well to
remember that, Jacob.

This is my land!

You and your sons
work for me!

Not anymore.

(LABAN LAUGHS)

(LABAN LAUGHS)
Is that supposed
to scare me?

Is that supposed
to scare me?

It should.

Send your mother to me.
Quickly.

LABAN: Ruti!

Get back here!
Mira's in labor.

We need an extra
pair of hands.

(CATTLE LOWING)

(GROANING AND CRYING OUT)

A good apprentice
is never late.

You're lucky
the child waited.

Forgive me.

Father needs
to see you.
It's urgent.

Massage her belly
like this.

What essential
oils did I use?

Uh...
(INHALES)

Lavender and jasmine
to dull the pain.

And cedar wood to
relax her muscles.

Why did Jacob want
to see your mother?

We're moving.

(MIRA CRYING OUT)

Where will we go?

Where will we go?
Shechem.

Shechem.

Is that a long
journey from here?

Long and difficult.

I'll take us through
my father's land.

I must see Esau.

He's my brother,
and I wronged him.

It was a long time ago.
You were very young.

Not so young
that I didn't know
what I was doing.

I need to make amends
and beg his forgiveness.

Are you sure
he will give it?

No.

I only know it'll haunt me
forever if I don't try.

You're a good man.

Even though
I'm uprooting our family,

and taking you
far from home?

Our home is
wherever you are.

How will
the women react?

Loudly.

You tell our sons
and the shepherds.

Let the women
hear it from me.

Go to sleep.

It'll be all right.

(HEATED SHOUTING)

If you'll all just be patient,

If you'll all just be patient,
my father will speak
fairly to each one of you

my father will speak
fairly to each one of you

about the journey.

(OVERLAPPING SHOUTING)

One at a time!
Speak to us!

Where do you
think you're going?

Simon, please.

I need to see Father.

LEVI: He's busy.

With important matters.

Levi, this is important.

Levi, this is important.
Then give me the message
and I'll pass it on to him.

Then give me the message
and I'll pass it on to him.

You'd only get it confused.

(LAUGHS)

Leave it, Simon.

She should act more
like a proper girl.

And you should act
less like our grandfather.

Move!

I'm sorry for
interrupting, Father,

but I needed to speak
with you right away.

It's about Ruti.

We have to take her with us.

You have seen
what he does to her.

She will die if
she's left alone here.

JACOB: She's your
grandfather's wife.

His property. I cannot
take what isn't mine.

DINAH: You could
offer to buy her! Here...

You could take these.
You could sell these, Father.

Pay him whatever he wants!

The only thing Laban
wants is to deny me
whatever he can.

I could offer
him half my herd,
it wouldn't be enough.

Trust me,
I know this.

And I know that
we have to try,

because if we don't,
we are no better than he is.

I'll ask him.

You have my word.

(RELIEVED SIGH)

Thank you.

Go on. Off you go.

(QUIET SIGH)

He has agreed to
take Ruti with us.

How are we going
to hide the idols?

Father says
we must only worship
his one god.

These belonged
to my mother.

And her mother before that.

Your father will be
angry if he finds it,

but they are
a part of us, Dinah.

I love Jacob
with all my heart,

but this is who we are.

He has his ways,
we have ours.

Rachel,
are you truly glad
to be moving?

Of course.

Haven't you ever
wondered what's
beyond these hills?

Things you've never seen.

Valleys and rivers.

Cities with walled houses,
full of new people to meet.

A husband, perhaps.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Who knows?
Maybe true love is
waiting for you there,

right at this very moment.

As true as yours
and Jacob's?

Could be.

That's how
I will fall in love.

Just like you and Father.

Then you will be very lucky.

I'll be luckier.

I'll be luckier.
Why's that?

Why's that?

Because
I won't share him.

(LAUGHING)

The man I marry,
he will love only me.

Luckier and smarter.

DINAH:
An upside-down fig tree.

JOSEPH: Good one!

There.

A man running.

DINAH: (LAUGHING)
A very fat man!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Oh.

Next to him.

JOSEPH:
It's you, riding a camel.

(GASPS)
I've always wanted
to do that!

You will.

One day.

Have you seen it?

In one of your dreams?

Not exactly.

I told you, it...

It doesn't work that way.

Then what
did you see?

You...

...on a journey

farther than the one
we're about to take.

As far as another
world, it seemed.

(WOMEN ULULATING
AND DRUMS BEATING)

(QUIET SOB)

Reuben?

(SCREECHING)

Ah, dying lamb.

Dinah!

(SCAVENGERS SHRIEKING)

(SCREAMING)

Jacob, you want
to buy my wife?

You've never thought of her
as anything but your slave.

And you've treated her
far worse than even that.

Don't you dare
preach to me!

No!

(WOMAN CRIES OUT)

This is your doing.

Looks like she
saved you some money.

Get everyone ready,
we're leaving.

(WEEPING)

(BRAYING)

Don't look back, Dinah.

Only forward.

DINAH: Walking makes me tired.

DINAH: Walking makes me tired.
And hungry and bored!

And hungry and bored!

I wish it would rain!

Dinah!

How many more days
until we're there?

A few.

You've been saying
that ever since we left,
and that's three moons ago.

You've been saying
that ever since we left,
and that's three moons ago.
Then stop asking!

Then stop asking!

LEAH: Joseph?

How does your
father seem today?

He's the same.

He didn't sleep
again last night.

He's worried
that he didn't send

enough gifts
with the messengers.

What messengers?

Father sent some
of the shepherds out
to warn Esau we were coming.

Warn him?

You make it sound
as though he won't be
happy to see us.

Why are we stopping?

We must be near
the river.

The river?

Can I have
a look for it, please?
I've never seen one!

Yes, if Joseph
goes with you.
Come!

(LAUGHING)

Come on!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

We'll stop here for the night.

LEVI: So soon?

It's only midday.

We could easily make
it across the river.

Reuben, get the others
to start making camp.

Yes, Father.

Perhaps if one of us
shared his tent tonight,

it might calm him.

It should be you.

I found some yarrow root.

The brew should
help him sleep.

I'll bring it to him.

Dinah...
I'll bring it.

Go on, then.

Bilhah made you this.

The messengers should
have returned by now.

Perhaps Esau is
putting together

gifts of his own to
send back with them.

I'm a traitor.
He owes me nothing.

How did you
betray him?

I listened to someone
I shouldn't have.

Someone who convinced me
that I deserved
my father's blessing

more than my
older brother did.

So I tricked Esau
out of his birthright

and made it my own.

When he found out,
I was too afraid
to face him,

so I fled.

His home,
the lands I tried to steal,

are just beyond the river.

(VOICE BREAKS)
And now...

I can't bring
myself to cross it.

I'm as much a coward now
as I was then.

A coward would
not have come here.

I don't think
we can be brave

without first feeling fear.

And you're wrong
that Esau owes you nothing.

You are his brother.

How did you become so wise?

I listened to my mother.

(CHUCKLES)

Reuben!

Reuben!

Father!

Father...

They're back.

They say Esau's
on his way here

with an army
of a hundred men.

Spin the carts! Quickly! Go.

Move!

Quickly!

Reuben!
Line them up!

Go!

Reuben! Simon,
Levi! Stay close to me!

The rest of you, get the women
and children behind the carts!

Guard them with your lives!

Quickly!

Father! I want
to go with you!

No. I need you safe.

They're here!

Stay back!
Esau and his men are here.

(HORDE SHOUTING)

(WHINNYING)

Stay here.

Is it really you?

Oh, Jacob! Praise God.

Forgive me.

Brother,

I forgave you long ago.

I've come to
welcome you home!

You remember what
you have seen here today.

(ALL LAUGHING)

The mark of great men
lies in their
ability to forgive.

(CELEBRATORY
LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

DINAH:
Esau and his men led us
back to his camp,

where we were to meet
my grandmother, Rebecca,

the greatest oracle
in all of Canaan.

My father had
rarely spoken of her.

(HUSHED MURMURING)

(WHISPERS) She's smaller
than I imagined.

(WHISPERS) She's smaller
than I imagined.
RACHEL:
She can divine the future.

RACHEL:
She can divine the future.

There's nothing
small about that.

(CROWD QUIETS)

Hello, Mother.

Welcome home.

This is my family.

This is Reuben,
my first-born.

My next two,
Simon and Levi,
also by Leah.

My next two,
Simon and Levi,
also by Leah.
This is Joseph,
my son with Rachel.

This is Joseph,
my son with Rachel.

Leah, my first wife.

And Dinah, our only daughter.

Are you not afraid of me?

What?

Should I be?

How long will you stay?

JACOB:
Reuben and I will leave
tomorrow for Shechem,

to petition
the king for some land.

The rest of the family
will remain here
while I'm gone.

Good.

You'll bring
this one to me.

It's time I got to
know my granddaughter.

Why does she want
me and not Joseph?

He's the one
with her gift.

You're my only daughter.

Perhaps she has
some wisdom to impart.

Father, who are
all these people?

Pilgrims.

Waiting to see Rebecca.

Why?

Most of them are
suffering in some way
from poverty or sickness.

They travel from
far and wide to have
their fortunes read,

hoping she'll tell
them something better
lies ahead.

And does she?

Always.

You will help Werenro
bring the pilgrims in and out,

collect their gifts,

and thank them
for their offerings.

Yes, Grandmother.

Oh, don't worry.
I won't ruin her.

You couldn't
if you tried.

How long has
it been, Jacob?

Twenty-five years.

Hmph. Twenty-seven.

And look at you.

You've done well for yourself.

I was right to
send you to Laban.

And I was right to leave him.

Well, we'll see, won't we?

Goodbye, Mother.
Hmm.

DINAH: While Reuben
and Jacob left us to petition
the king for some land,

I helped Werenro,
my grandmother's slave.

This way.

These things you seek,

they are not far.

You must endure,
and I promise
you will find them.

PILGRIM: Thank you.

DINAH: There weren't
as many today.

There'll be
more tomorrow.

How did you
get those scars?

It's how Rebecca
marks all her slaves.

She cut you?

She made my mother do it.

She made my mother do it.
When I became old
enough to serve.

When I became old
enough to serve.

(PILGRIMS PLEAS OVERLAPPING)

Are you all right?

It's just the heat.

Have you eaten today?

And you?
No.

Take some.

(PILGRIMS CLAMORING)

(WHIP CRACKING)
(WERENRO GASPING IN PAIN)

I thought you understood.

(WHIP CRACKS)

Go, just go.

You were given specific
instructions
about the pilgrims.

It was not your place
to do more for them.

These people
are starving,
Grandmother.

I have never
seen people so poor,

and yet they
bring gifts they can't
afford to part with,

and give to you,
who needs nothing!

If I refused their gifts,

would they accept mine?

Dinah, it's not
for you to decide.

It's true, I have no
need for their gifts,

but if I tell them
that their worldly

possessions
mean nothing to me,

I will have robbed them

of something far more
valuable than a bowl
or a tapestry...

I have taken their dignity,
and that I will not do.

(SCOFFS) Except to a slave.

You speak very boldly
for one so young.

Your father has indulged
you with too much freedom.

An unfortunate consequence
when a child is favored.

It was you who told him
to betray Esau, wasn't it?

He was your favorite
and you wanted
him to be heir.

Jacob was very
special to me.

But there was
more to it than that.

My husband was going blind,

and the tribe needed
a new patriarch,

and the tribe needed
a new patriarch,
and Jacob had talents

and Jacob had talents

that his older
brother did not.

I knew Esau could
never be a leader.

That's not what I saw
down at the river that day.

Perhaps your gift isn't
as great as you think.

Careful, girl.

Like it or not,
you and I are blood.

Joseph may have my gift,

but you are far
more akin to me than
he will ever be.

You just don't know it yet.

You just don't know it yet.
You prefer to
think we are different

You prefer to
think we are different

because I would
chastise a slave
and you would not.

No. I think
we are different

because I would
never want to own one.

The only thing you and I
have in common is my father,

and you lost him.

As will you, my dear.

And you will bear it,

as I have,

because you are strong,

but it will come
at a great price.

And cause you
a lifetime of sorrow.

I have seen it.

Goodbye, Grandmother.

(SIGHS)

DINAH: It was the last
time I ever saw her.

SIMON: The merchants
we've spoken to all say

SIMON: The merchants
we've spoken to all say
that the opportunities
for trading...

that the opportunities
for trading...

Simon, I've told you,
we're shepherds,
not traders.

Father, there are easier
ways to make our fortune.

JACOB: Enough.

JOSEPH: Dinah! Hurry.

I can see the city!

(LAUGHING)

DINAH: If Joseph saw
the darkness that lay ahead,

DINAH: If Joseph saw
the darkness that lay ahead,
he said nothing to us.

he said nothing to us.

Perhaps he knew that Jacob
could never be persuaded

to abandon the path
his god had chosen.

Father, look!

That's Shechem,
where the king lives.

Where's our land?

See that ridge...

Just beyond the city?

That's our new home.

DINAH: Or perhaps
it was simply that
Joseph wanted to believe,

as we all did,

in a better dream.

(BUSY OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(MERCHANTS CALLING
OUT INDISTINCTLY)

(BOTH LAUGH)

No!

(BUSTLE AND DIN
OF MARKET CONTINUES)

I see the spice
merchants up ahead.
Stay close to me.

(INAUDIBLE)

Shalem, let's go.

What's the matter?

It's just the heat.
She'll be fine.

Come. Let's go.

DINAH: Soon, you will
join us in the red tent.

There's nothing
to be afraid of.

You'll see,
once you spend time there.

What of our husbands?

Oh. (CHUCKLES)

They're not invited.

SIMON: Father!

(SHEEP BLEATING)

Both wells are dry.

JACOB: Are you sure?

This land is not
what the king promised.
He has cheated us.

You should go to
Shechem and protest,

or our tribe
will appear weak.

What would you advise?

What would you advise?
You're asking
the opinion of a boy?

You're asking
the opinion of a boy?

A boy who sees
things you cannot.

I would preach caution

I would preach caution
before accusing
King Hamor of dishonor.

before accusing
King Hamor of dishonor.

Might there be
other well sites?

You should look.
See what you find.

Father, we could be
digging for weeks.

Then do it.

Your brother is right.

Of course,
our brother is right.

Isn't he always?

Doesn't matter that
it will be the rest of
us breaking our backs

to find a new well!

Joseph has a pretty coat
to match his pretty dreams.

So he must know best!

SIMON:
And one day it's going
to get him into trouble.

Great Mother,

we have been blessed
with two more daughters,

we have been blessed
with two more daughters,
Rhoda and Tamar,

Rhoda and Tamar,

the wives of our
sons Simon and Levi,

and we ask that
you welcome them,

as we have,

into your loving embrace.

We understand this
is all new for you.

RACHEL: The great mother,
whom we call Inanna,

gave a gift to women
that is not known among men,

that is the secret of blood.

BILHAH:
Men see in it only pain.

They believe we suffer,
and they consider
themselves lucky.

DINAH: It is we who
are the lucky ones,

for we alone have
the power to give life.

In the red tent,

we surround ourselves
with healing hands

and loving voices.

And we give thanks
for the knowledge

that life comes
from between our legs,

and that the cost
of life is blood.

Here in the red tent,
we rejoice in Inanna's gift.

We honor her

by celebrating the first
blood of our daughters,

catching it and
returning it to the earth,

so that it may go back
to the great mother's womb.

(IN UNISON)
Daughters of Inanna,

great mother to us all...

DINAH:
We had kept our faith separate
from those of the men.

But my brothers' wives
were not born
to these beliefs,

and in their fear,

and in their fear,
they told their husbands
the secrets of the red tent.

they told their husbands
the secrets of the red tent.

Father, how could
you allow this?

They were worshipping idols
and chanting about blood,

like they were witches!
Enough!

Where are they?

No!

Your false gods,

where are they?

The idols!

WOMEN: (SCREAMING) No.

WOMEN: (SCREAMING) No.
No!

No!

If I'd known this is what
you were hiding in here...

This is the
realm of women.

You do not
belong here.

I will tear this place down!
(SHATTERING)

Then you will tear
it down with us in it!

What did you say?

Jacob, forgive her.

She's drugged with sleep,
she doesn't know
what she's saying.

I know exactly
what I am saying!

I know exactly
what I am saying!
Apologize for
your insolence!

Apologize for
your insolence!

(SOBBING)

DINAH: How could she have
submitted to him like that,

when she knew
he was wrong?

JOSEPH: She was just
trying to protect you.

His anger
was misplaced, Dinah.

Simon and Levi
provoked him,

and you have me
to blame for that.

They resent the way
that Father favors me.

I need to find a way
to make peace with them.

Or things are going
to get even worse.

A member of
the king's household
is delivering a child.

He has heard that
one of your women
is a gifted midwife.

My wife, Rachel,

but I do not wish to
part with her today.

SIMON: Perhaps if the king
was to offer some reward

for honoring
his request?
Simon!

This is not a request.

It's a command.

Never speak
for me again.

Ever.

You swore you'd
never lie to me.

If I asked you to
renounce your god

in favor of my own,
would you do it?

Rachel, if you're
trying to defend yourself...

I'm trying to
defend our way!

The ways of our mothers,
and their mothers.

Wise women, all of them.

Believing in something
that is no more

a threat to
your god than I am.

There are things we
hold sacred, Jacob.

Things you cannot understand,
as no man could.

It isn't meant to hurt you.

I can't fight you both.

I suppose I have no choice
but to send one of you away.

Let's hope it's for
no more than a day.

I wouldn't want you to
get used to life in a palace.

Palace?

The king's court
needs a midwife.

They've asked for you.

(GASPS AND LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS)

I will need an assistant.

Someone whose
skills I can trust.

Then the only woman for that
would be your apprentice.

(LAUGHS)

And who will watch over her?

I will, sister.

Dinah!

We get swindled
by this King Hamor,

and still Father
submits to him.

My name is Dinah.
This is my aunt, Rachel.

My name is Dinah.
This is my aunt, Rachel.
She is the best midwife
you could ever have.

She is the best midwife
you could ever have.

I promise you,
we're not going
to leave your side.

Thank you.

It won't be long.

Send a servant for linens.

Fresh, as many
as she can bring.

The midwives are here,
my queen.

(CRYING OUT)

DINAH:
You're doing beautifully, Abi.

Rachel is going to
check the baby's position.

Breathe!
Breathe through it.

She's ready.
We have no linens.

Dinah, get the bricks.

Come.

(GROANS)

(PANTING AND WHEEZING)

Oh, the servant's here.

Oh, you'll do. Here.
We need more hands.

(WHISPERS)
She's the queen!

Dinah! She is the queen.

Oh.

Forgive me.

It's an honor to meet you.

If you just
stand across from me,

If you just
stand across from me,
we can actually
support Abi under her arms
while Rachel catches the baby.

we can actually
support Abi under her arms
while Rachel catches the baby.

Under her arm.
Good. Okay.

Have you ever
witnessed a birth before?

I have given birth,
but never witnessed one,

and never like this.

It's a miracle.

Hold on to her.

Okay, breathe.

I know you can. Push!

(CRYING OUT)
(INFANT FUSSING)

(CHUCKLES)

Thank you.

(GIGGLING TEARFULLY)

Oh...

It's you!

How...

What are you doing here?

I'm assisting my aunt,
the midwife.

Why are you here?

Um, I live here.

In the palace?

My name is Shalem.
I'm King Hamor's son.

So Queen Re-Nefer's
your mother?

Have you met?

Oh, no. Was she
unkind to you, or...

(LAUGHS) No.

But she could have been.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

I...

I need to find the well.

It's through there.
Would you like
me to join you?

(SHUSHING GENTLY)
(INFANT FUSSING)

I was very impressed
with your niece.

I was very impressed
with your niece.
She's a strong
young woman.

She's a strong
young woman.

Headstrong,
some might say.

Still...

It's rare to see
in this city.

Most of the Shechem women
are silly and stupid.

Not like the ones in Egypt,
where I come from.

You do not have a daughter?

Only a son, whom I
love with all my heart.

But it's not the same.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Do you know
how to swim?

Of course. Can you?

(AMUSED SCOFF)
Where I grew up,

the only water I saw
came from a well

or fell from the sky.

Never smelled this sweet.

Well, that is the scent
of the lotus flower.

In Egypt, they're
considered sacred.

In Egypt, they're
considered sacred.
Why?

Why?

Because they're timeless.

A symbol of birth and rebirth.

At night they close up,
retracting into the water,

but each day,
they open up again,

their blooms reborn.

My mothers would
love that story.

Mmm.

They really
smell like perfume.

They say it's powerful
enough to make even
the ducks and fish swoon.

DINAH: And...

What makes you swoon?

Looking at you.

Rachel!
Rachel, he's here.

Who?
I didn't think I
would see him again,

Who?
I didn't think I
would see him again,
but he's real,
and it's just
like you said.

but he's real,
and it's just
like you said.

It's like a storm.

His name is Shalem,

His name is Shalem,
and he's the son of
the king and the queen.

and he's the son of
the king and the queen.

What have you done?

Nothing you yourself
didn't do when you fell
in love with Father.

In love?
You've just met him.

So? You knew right away.

You said I'd be lucky
if it ever happened to me.

And it has happened.

We'll talk about
it on the way home.

We need to leave
right away, if we're to make
it back before dark.

We need to leave
right away, if we're to make
it back before dark.
Let's go.

Let's go.

I'm afraid
you cannot leave.

At least not Dinah.

The king has asked
that she stay on a few days,

The king has asked
that she stay on a few days,
to help Abi
during her confinement.

to help Abi
during her confinement.

I will have to ask her
father for permission.

He is a man of honor.

As is my husband.

Have no fear. We shall
take good care of her.

My guards will escort
you back to your camp.

(QUIETLY) Dinah.

(QUIETLY) Dinah.
Listen to me.

Listen to me.

Remember who you are
and where you come from.

Be humble and
protect your honor.

Bye.

(SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

What was that you spoke?

Egyptian.
I was schooled there.

My mother's
family is from Thebes.

So you've been
across the sea, then?

I have.
(GASPS)

Was it very beautiful?

Not as beautiful as you.
(LAUGHS)

You aren't as I imagined
a prince would be.

Because I intimidate you?

Because you don't.

If this prince
wanted to kiss you...

I would tell him

he must bring me
things first.

Like?

Like?
Like, um...

Like, um...

Like flowers.

(PLAYFUL GASP)

And jewels?

A ring?

Anything else?

But why the daughter
of a shepherd?

Dinah is as worthy
as any princess.

Father, when you
get to know her,

you'll understand.

I understand that you
are young and brash.

That is true,

but I know in my
heart that this is right.

She's the one I want
to share my life with.

(DOOR RUMBLES OPEN)

(LAUGHING)

What is it?

A gift.

It's beautiful.

How do I look?

Like the future
queen of Shechem.

You talked to your father?

He consented?

This is really happening?

Assuming your
father says yes.

Should we ask him
for permission first?

I will decide who
I marry, not him.

This is my life.

My future.

My choice.

(GASPING)

Kiss me.

(LAUGHING)

Welcome, Your Majesty.

My name is Jacob.

These are my people.

What business do
we have together?

None, Jacob.

We are family now.

My son has
married your daughter.

She wouldn't!

HAMOR: I bring you this
handsome bride-price.

Let us all
celebrate their union,
and may we all prosper.

Did you know about this?

No.

Why was I
not consulted?

You're displeased?

Surely, you can't
object to the match?

I object to the way
it has come about.

Even so,
we can't go back.

They are already
living together
as husband and wife.

JACOB: Who married them?

You?

They married each other,

as is our custom.

It is not ours.

Come, Jacob.

We are brothers now.

Swallow your pride.

I have swallowed mine.

You talk of pride,
what of respect?

I'm offering you
a bride-price

fit for a princess
of Egypt.

More than my father
gave for my wife.

Not that Dinah isn't worthy,

but, surely,
you can't want her back.

She is no longer a virgin.

And what's more,

my son is in love with her.

Name your price
and I will pay it.

My daughter's honor
is not for sale.

I need to think on this.

I will speak to my sons
and give you my
answer in two days' time.

JACOB: Not now.
RACHEL: Jacob.

Jacob!

I understand you're angry,

I understand you're angry,
but think of your daughter.

but think of your daughter.

Shalem is a prince,
she couldn't have
made a better match.

She made it
without my consent!

Which never would've happened
if you hadn't left her there.

I was commanded by the king.

I am your king!
You answer to me!

Leah, wait!

You may not have
admitted it to Jacob,
but you tell me the truth.

Did you know about this?

Only that they met.

It all happened so fast.

Of course it did!

Ever since she was born,

you've been filling
her head with romantic
ideas about love.

And look what it brought!

Dishonor on her,
dishonor on this family.

There's no dishonor
in finding true love.

Dinah is a woman now,

with her own mind
and her own desires.

And your impulsiveness!

And your good sense!

She found what she
was looking for, Leah.

Dishonor would only come
to her if Jacob forced her

Dishonor would only come
to her if Jacob forced her
to return home with
her virginity taken

to return home with
her virginity taken

and her future ruined.

What do you
suggest we do now?

Whatever we can to help her.

My mother and my aunts
will be moving into
the red tent soon.

How do you know that?

The moon is almost full.

And what will they do
in this tent where
no men are allowed?

(LAUGHS) Jealous?
Oh, of course.

They'll be lighting
candles and incense.

Laughing, gossiping...

Tell stories.

Stories about what?

About themselves.
Each other.

Mostly about people
they once loved

and they want
to remember.

And that way,

people never really die.

It's just like
the lotus flower.

My mother once said,

"To mourn is respectful.

"To remember is holy."

And when we're
withered and old someday,

what will you
remember most about us?

Everything.

Wasn't so long ago
that I was standing
at a well like this,

and you appeared
out of nowhere,
half-delirious.

What happened
with Dinah and Shalem

is no more sudden
than what happened with us.

I fell in love
with you at the well.

Did I take you
then and there? No.

I went to your father
and agreed to his terms
before I could marry you.

Believe me,

the waiting was agony,

but I did it,

out of respect for him,
and for you.

And because it
was your custom.

But if you'd been
from a different tribe,
with your own traditions,

I would've honored them.

Just as Dinah has
honored Shalem's.

Have you forgotten
what it's like to love
someone that much?

(HEATED BICKERING)

How do we know
that she wasn't
forced into it?

What if she was raped?

How dare you speak of
our sister like that?

Dinah would fight off
any man she didn't want,
shepherd or prince!

Enough!

I cannot change what
has already been done.

The marriage has
been consummated.

I have asked for your
counsel on determining
a reasonable bride price.

If the king wants to show
respect for our tribe,

he should pay us a fortune
as great as his own!

I thought your concern
was for Dinah's honor,

not for making a profit!

not for making a profit!
What honor?

What honor?

It was taken by
that uncircumcised dog

when he stole her from us!
And what would you suggest?

That Shalem pay us tribute
with his own foreskin
as a bride-price?

Why not?

Better yet,
demand the foreskins
of all the men of Shechem.

Silence!

Abraham took up the knife

for those in his household
who were not of his covenant.

If the men of
Shechem agree to this,

then no man can say
that Dinah was injured.

Father, I didn't mean...

No. No, you're right.

This way, our tradition
will continue.

And Dinah's sons will
be circumcised, too.

But you will still
accept the king's gold?

We don't need gold.

What we need is
for our customs

and beliefs to
carry on and grow.

Joseph's idea
ensures this.

What barbarity is this?

Who do you think you are
to demand my son's manhood,

and mine, and my kinsmen,
and subjects?

Father!

Jacob, I agree to your terms.

The king speaks
out of fear for me

and loyalty to his men,
who will suffer.

If this is the custom
of my wife's family,

then we will honor it.

Forgive me for
having offended you.

I should have
come to you first

and sought
your approval, but...

You must know that
I love your daughter,

want to be with her,
no matter the price.

She is half of me already.

LEAH: What does it look like?

Like we are going to be
planning a wedding feast.

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

(SCATTERED CHUCKLING
AMONGST MEN)

SHALEM: Thank you.

Thank you.

SIMON: We'll get some of
the shepherds to help us.

They'll be easier to persuade
than our brothers.

They'll be easier to persuade
than our brothers.
We shouldn't
need many.

We shouldn't
need many.

Every man in the city
will be incapacitated.

There'll be no
one to fight back.

Tomorrow night, then.

We'll get our
revenge and our reward,

and Father will
never overlook us again.

I won't let you do it.

How dare my father
think he can cut you?

He won't be doing it.
That would be rather awkward.

How can you
joke about it?

You could die!

Come here.

No.

It's only a flesh wound.

I'd suffer far worse
if I couldn't have you.

He had no right to
ask such a thing.

No wife is worth that.

He had every right.

You're worth that
and much, much more.

Shalem?

Shalem?

Shalem!

They began at dawn.

Our husbands first,
then the rest.

It should be over soon.

I'm sorry.

In Egypt, they circumcise
boys when their voices change.

My father, my brothers...
They all survived it easily.

Our husbands will, too.

I just don't understand
why Shalem would
agree to such a thing.

He must love you
very much.

(HUSHED WHISPERING)

(HUSHED TALKING CONTINUES)

(GROGGY GROAN)

Shalem. My love.

Shalem. My love.
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

Did I fall asleep?

For most of the day.

Is it bad?
What can I do?

Distract me.

Tell me one
of your stories.

In our tribe,

when we get married,
we have to cover
our faces with a veil.

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

BILHAH: How many
do you think will come

from the palace
for Dinah's wedding?

from the palace
for Dinah's wedding?
Besides the king and queen?
Guards, servants...

Besides the king and queen?
Guards, servants...

Oh, Leah will have us
cooking weeks ahead.

(LAUGHING)

All of you had sons.

You don't know
what it's like
to let go of a daughter.

She's ours, too.

And together,
we have raised a wild girl

into a strong,
beautiful woman.

We have, haven't we?

(DROPLETS SPLATTING)

(GASPS)

(HUSHED) Simon.

Simon, are you there?

(WINDS GUSTING)

Levi!

Levi! Where are you?

Dinah!

I love you, Shalem.

I love you, too.

(CHOKING)

(CRYING OUT)

(WEAKLY)
Help! Please!

(GASPS) Please!

(WEAKLY) Why?

(GASPS)

(SCREAMING)