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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.

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.

Gentle, gentle, gentle.

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

Aisha, hurry! Quickly!

Quickly.

Try again. Try again.

Push, push!

Push!

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?

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

-Which one is this? -Sin...

...god of fertility.

Does it have...?

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 bird-breasted boy and ask yourself:

''How could a child like this father a child himself? How?''

Because he sacrificed to Sin, 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.

lf you think that's loud, wait till 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.

Here, here. I�ll do it for you.

Run, 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 l am.

But tell me, why have you ended the market?

This concerns the royal covenant...

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

l, 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 delicate matters under the blistering sun?

-Cooler place perhaps? -Have this dung cleared.

The king walks here today.

-Sir.... -Spit it out. What?

Your father....

Your father.

Oh, Father, l thank all the gods for taking away your pain so quickly.

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.

You ever tried to feed a vulture?

You better count your fingers afterwards.

It's good to hear you laugh. 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.

l, Nahor, will speak for my father.

The generosity of the King of Haran is known throughout the world.

We've prospered for many years under his benevolent hand.

He has our endless gratitude.

Thanks will not feed our people.

What do you offer?

In 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...

...an unprecedented demand. It's....

It�s out of the question. We cannot.

Then l am sad to say...

...your tribe must leave my paradise.

Your Majesty...

...why do you abuse us in this manner?

In past years, you've refused us water.

We dug for it. You seized our wells and made us pay silver for the water.

You gave us your worst lands. After our herds made the earth fertile with dung...

...you drove us off so your farmers could grow barley fivefold.

You ordered us to fight your enemies. We gave you victories with our blood.

Oh, 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 Sin 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, l 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.

lf l break this covenant...

...may what is done to these beasts be done to me.

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'll do her good.

Spoiled, ungrateful child!

Take your baby.

She's beautiful.

And hungry. She wants you.

She's a girl. Give her to the servants!

Leave me alone. l 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?

That was nothing yesterday.

Something l 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 probably....

Father...

...it is killing her.

She's 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.

l have nothing else. She's all l have.

Abram...

...you're a mystery to me.

Now, Lot, l 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, l understand.

He's rich, but he thinks like a pauper...

...looking under every stone for his next piece of silver.

But you?

You have more wealth than either of them...

...and when l 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.

l have tried to reach those gods...

...but l get nothing.

Nothing?

You get nothing from the gods?

-Nothing at all? -Nothing.

Listen...

...Lot took his bride to the shrine of Sin 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, 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.

This...

...is a rich land.

Is it me?

Oh, no, no.

Talk to me.

l don't know.

l don't know.

l just need....

-What? What do you need? -It�s....

-l want to give you a child, but l can't. -No, no. No.

-It�s not that. Not that at all. -Then what?

The truth is, l....

l don't know.

l just don't know.

Father, without doubt, Sarai is a good woman, a beauty.

Enough's enough. She is, after all, only a woman.

-Are you suggesting a second wife? -What else?

Look at me. After Milcah dropped three sons, l took Reumah.

A luxury at the time perhaps, but now l 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?

-l don't know. -Why not?

Who knows, he might even enjoy it, if he ever allowed himself.

Oh, he's such a-- Brother!

Those pains.

Oh, no, no. They've become my friends.

I'd miss them...

...if they didn't visit me once in a while.

Come inside, Abram.

Something I want to show you.

Rather impressive, don't you think?

Here's a divinity with a hidden power.

Herbs of some kind.

I�m not sure exactly which.

Tastes awful, but it's blessed by this deity...

...which gives it amazing potency.

Is this why you asked me here?

Well, yes, l thought...

...just to show you.

Abram, tonight, try a little of this.

Sarai too.

Reumah and l tried it, and l can't tell you--

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 l...

...will show you?

Make...

...of you...

...a great...

...nation?

And l will 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.

Let me see if l understand this.

There you were, facedown 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, l have studied every god known to man...

...and they all have names, faces, places.

Besides you, Abram...

...who knows this god?

l don't know, Father.

Perhaps many...

...in their hearts.

Oh, l see!

A god to be worshiped in ignorance.

Not so, brother.

It is simply that l am ignorant.

l 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.

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

We've worked too hard and paid too high a price for what we have.

And he wants to forsake it. For what?

You have changed, Abram. l 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 will be famous, that he will make of him a great nation.

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

Children?

-l don't know. -We've heard enough of this nonsense.

lf Abram and his men leave, we're at risk. And you, brother, are in greater danger.

Out there? Alone?

Your people will be like sheep among jackals.

l feel...

...that l 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 mine.

What--? What kind of god is this?

l don't know, Father.

But l....

l heard his voice.

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

You despise the gods who have given us protection...

...and 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?

l cannot stay, Father...

...as much...

...as it grieves me...

...the thought of leaving you.

But....

l felt....

l....

I�ve heard him call to me.

Abram...

...you're taking away much joy from our lives.

l counted on you...

...my son, for the days to come.

You have a new heart, and l 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.

Don't drink too fast.

Slowly.

Where were you going to?

To Haran, in the north.

That's where we came from.

Then you're going south.

Toward Damascus.

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, l was--

Watch out.

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 l 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. -l will pay the price.

Thank you, master.

I�m your slave. My name is Eliezer.

No, no. 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.

l have a brother there who may have work for an educated man.

l can never repay you.

But you have my lifelong gratitude...

...and l 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, l give thanks.

l 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, and we--

I am Mambre the Amorite.

And these are my two brothers.

l 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.

Now 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's good here. People are tired of wandering.

Let's take the place now. We can defend it as well as any.

First we kill these men?

-lf 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 herds. 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?

l have brought with me the hope of my people.

But how do l feed them?

Shall l remain here? Shall l take them away?

But where, Lord? Where? Where?

Tell me what to do.

l am your servant.

But how can l serve you?

How am l to serve you?

O my Lord...

...do not abandon me.

l 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 the tent next to ours, a child died.

-l know. -The animals are wailing.

-l know. -The land has dried up.

-l know. -How can you follow this god?

l do. l can. And l will.

Not you.

Not you too.

lf 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.

What if...?

What if Canaan is not...?

We will not die here.

We will not die here.

My people.

What am l doing? What have l 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.

l 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.

-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 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.

We will go on to this...

...land of the river Nile.

We will go on.

Abram.

Abram.

I�ve just been told by someone up ahead...

...that you may have a greater problem than we 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 law for a man to take the wife of another.

And so?

The Pharaoh has found a way around the law.

He kills the husband.

l 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.

Trade what?

We spin wool and 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.

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 and carts filled with food, tents and so forth...

...plus grazing land in the delta. You will obey Egyptian laws, pay Egyptian taxes...

...worship Egyptian gods.

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

l know. l 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.

l 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: half-awake.

Even the Pharaoh?

I�ve only seen the Pharaoh twice.

The first day they brought me here...

...and when he decided l was to be your slave.

His first gift to you.

-What is he like? -Well...

...the priests say he's a living god.

l 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.

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.

lf you do, l will too.

And did you?

They were wrong as usual.

l 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 there are many, many beautiful women around me.

And l am quite powerful.

But the mere exercise of power...

...l find boring.

l hope we are going to be friends.

lf 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...

...l 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 reply.

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 wiser than 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.

A pyramid is like a dam on the flowing river of time.

Inside, there will be a chamber, a place of eternal being...

...where nothing can change, time cannot erode.

There, l will have eternal life.

Your tomb.

Yes. For some time in the distant future.

For now it is a stronghold to guard my present.

A present l would like to offer you.

My needs are simpler than that.

What are your needs?

Tell me.

What do you want?

Anything.

Anything?

Anything within my power.

l want to see my family.

My brother.

l want to go back to my people.

Mistress...

...l thought 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 l hate myself for how it makes me feel.

By resisting him, l 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--? -Escaped from here?

No.

They try...

...but they don't succeed.

Bring water. Call the doctor. Quickly.

-Your Divine Majesty has had a dream? -l have.

-Tell me your dream... -I�m in pain. I�m burning!

-...that l may render its meaning. -Help me. I�m burning. I�m in pain!

A sign of how deeply you dream.

-Your Majesty, l-- -It�s not a dream. I�m on fire!

My Pharaoh, you too?

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 l know who? But whoever it is...

...kill him! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!

It burns, it burns, you incompetent idiot!

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. -Your Majesty.

The affliction is spreading among our populace.

Panic is building. It�s affecting more people.

Our doctors are becoming desperate.

Pharaoh, l 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.

Majesty...

...we have learned something...

...that may 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.

l said, on your knees.

Let him stand.

Come close.

l 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 offense of which I�m innocent.

Why...

...did you lie to us? Why did you say she's your sister?

Why? Why?

l 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?

A 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's guided you into my Egypt? Why?

Why?

l don't know.

l don't know even if he has.

You see? You don't know.

It�s all imagination. It�s all your fantasy.

Oh, 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 l am uncertain, but one thing l am certain of:

That my God did not send her to you.

Look to her.

Is she not without affliction?

My God said, ''l will bless those who bless you...

...and l will curse those who curse you.''

Look to her.

Take him away.

Wait!

l don't want to challenge your god anymore.

Thus the Pharaoh decides:

Take your wife...

...the slaves l gave her, take everything I�ve given you and your people...

...everything you have touched, and be gone from my sight.

Out of Egypt.

Then 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.

Stop!

You stop it as well!

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.

l am ashamed of you, all of you.

And l 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.

lf we do not leave enough grass, the spring rains will wash away the soil.

Then l must move my herds.

-Move your herds? -Uncle...

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

lf they're mixed, it makes the counting more difficult.

The counting?

Ah, yes, of course, of course. The counting is important.

There isn't enough water for our herds.

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.

lf you go to the right, l will go to the left.

lf you choose the left, l will go to the right.

Beyond that hill, there are green pastures along the river called the Jordan.

And there are cities.

l 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 l make the journey to them...

...then l can get a better price.

Price? A better price? Oh, yes.

Yes, of course.

Price is important.

Well, so be it. You go, then.

l will miss you.

l hope it brings you what you want.

But be cautious.

l have seen many cities, some better, some worse.

In none, however, have l 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 is like my own.

May God protect him.

The four kings! The four kings!

They attacked Sodom. The four kings. They're 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 have--

Shepherd...

...you're moving to greener pastures.

Take them north as slaves.

Father--!

-Mother! -My child.