MalakI think you know. I think you should go and see what's happening to your people now. You won't be at peace until you do. Are they not people in your opinion?
MosesRemember this. I am prepared to fight. For eternity.
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HegepLet me tell you something about about Hebrews. They are a conniving, combative people. Do you know what 'Israelite' means in their own language? 'He who fights with God.'
Moses'He who wrestles with God.' There is a difference.
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SetiMen who crave power are best fitted to acquire it and least fitted to exercise it.
MalakYet here we are, still speaking. But not for much longer. A leader can falter, but stone will endure. These laws will guide them in your stead. If you disagree, you should put down the hammer.
MalakWould be what? What were you about to say? Cruel? Inhumane?
MosesIt's not easy to see the people who I grew up with suffering this much.
MalakWhat about the people you didn't grow up with? What thought did you give to them? You still don't think of them as yours, do you? As long as Rhamses has an army behind him, nothing will change.
MalakRevenge? After 400 years of brutal subjugation! These pharoahs, who imagine they're living gods, they are nothing more than flesh and blood! I want to see them on their knees begging for it to stop!
MosesMoses, Zipporah: [In unison] ... to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know, with respect for your integrity and faith in your abiding love for me. In all that life may bring us, I pledge my love.
HegepDo you know what the problem is? People live too long these days. Every year the death rate lags further behind the birth rate. And these people, they reproduce like it's a sport.
HegepOh, no. No, of course not, it's good for production, of course it is. But only to a point. When that population wants you dead, yes, it's a problem. So either I'm given more troops to maintain order, or I start thinning out the herd.
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High Priestess[reading fowl entrails]In the battle a leader will be saved, and his savior will someday lead.
Moses[laughs]Then the entrails should also say that we will abandon reason and be guided by omens.
ZipporahIs it so wrong for him to grow up believing in God?
MosesIs it so wrong for him to grow up believing in himself?
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Title Card1300 BCE: For 400 years the Hebrews have been slaves to Egypt. Building its statues, it cities, its glory. In all that time they have not forgotten their homeland. Or their God. God has not forgotten them.
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RhamsesThat wasn't an admission. He simply did not want her arm lopped off.
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RhamsesListen, from an economic standpoint alone, what you're asking is problematic to say the least.
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MalakAs long as Ramses has an army behind him, nothing will change.