"There was a time long.." "long, long ago when all the people on earth spoke the same language." "They came to a land called sheba and they said to each other" ""Let's build up a tower tall enough ...."" "" to rise above the clouds and to touches God's heaven. "" ""So we'll be famous to all the earth."" "So they worked and worked and worked ..." "All building and building and ..." "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 could not understand each other anymore" "So, confusion rose all around" "The tower was left of izbeli and you ..." "God scattered them across the face of the earth ... all of them separated by the different languages" "Abraham!" "Abraham!" "Lot and his people !" "they have been taken!" "and Mambre and his brothers." "Quickly!" "This king thinks it's..." " all are Behind walls." "He post no sentinels." "He is in the night and it keeps see faces far." "So go up to the hill in the north." "If go to the west remain here in the east." "Be in place until the star of Scorpion becomes ... all above us." "On my signal we all attack at once." "How many do you suppose they are?" "Too many." "But they do not know our number." "And there is no moon light" "When your warriors attack each man makes a noise as 5" "Will make noise as 10!" "Serug." "Follow him!" "follow him!" "Haideþi!" "My nephew is not here." "Eliezer, gather what food you can to feed these people" "Do not move .... there might be others with the king" "Mistress..." "He is Dead!" "I saw him" "Abraham, is dead." "No.No it was only a dream" "..." "A bad dream." "No, He is dead." "Pierced in the heart ... blood!" "I'll break this fever sleep." "No, I know the meaning of this sweat, its not a fever" "From now no woman would involve" "He is not dead." "Yes, yes." "Are only dreams ... and fever." "Dead!" "Abram is not dead!" "Look at me" "No, you fool look at me!" "Are empty, old, dry...." "Abraham is dead." "And his seeds died with him." "Two of our men saw Lot and his family." "They are still alive" "Oh, God!" "Mambre's and his men in position?" "Not yet." "They will give us a signal." "I'm afraid this time you're facing a greater danger." "Seems that these 2 kings are much stronger." "Eliezer." "Last night, a dart past so close to me" "I felt that the dead taste." "Years ago, my God promised me that I would be the father of... a great nation." "But His promise is still ..." "only a promise." "Now it is harvest time to death." "and if it should take me while have no son .." "to inherit a tribe and no one who has to protect Sarai." "None." "Nothing ..." "I have made a decision." "Mo and that you will be inheretant ..." "No, Abraham." "Give me only one word ... that you will make your whole wisdom ... to guide my people" "And your life ... to protect Sarai." "Abram, i give you my word." "Serug, wait." "let him go." "Who are you?" "Abraham, 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 taking" ""what i will take in return?"" "Your Life." "I can take yours now." "Yes, you can Then we even." "It is an interesting offer." "turn is honest is the man who makes it." "Let them go!" "All of them" "enough blood has been spilled" "We have got what we came for" "It will end up here." "Get up!" "Get up!" "It's like a armãsar.Ha-Ha" "I do not think our children should witness any of this." "Uncle Abram is right." "Take the girls back to the tent." "Goodbye, Abram." "Goodbye." "And thank you." "Grace be to Abram" "The winner of our enemies." "I, Bera king of Sodom ... declare that because of your courage and bravery you shall receive the riches and spoils on the battlefield." "A king's reward ..." "to a brave man." "i want nothing of all this.." "I fought only to free my nephew." "Nothing of it?" " none of it !" "I swore by 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 are not you forgetting something?" "My people, the prisoners you freed" "People are free to just back .... free." "Free to whom they choose" "Uncle, trying to understand." "We have a life here in Sodom." "Work hard ... earn well ..." "I can not leave now." "You too are free to chose." "Take care of your family." "They are back!" "Return!" "Return!" "I thought you were dead." "I would not desert you but I..." "I will never fail you" "But I failed you." "I have not given you a son." "And now it's too late." "Lord has forgotten us." "No, he never forgot us." "He has kept His promises." "He is giving us greatfull choice, and pay for losses." "But i love you more than life itself" "My Lord God." "My Lord God., I'm ..." "I'm 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." "My Lord God." "Why You ..you reward me?" "Why me?" "I have no child" "No son I'm alone." "And I will die alone." "Why do You bless me if You give?" "You have to reward all you given me ... to be Eliezer of Damascus." "He will inherent" "AVRAM!" "Not any Eliezer." "HE WILL NOT BE YOUR AIR" "Go to your altar, And Prepare your acrifice ..." "And Look to the heaven." "Number the stars." "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE" "I am the Lord ..." "WHO brought you from Ur of the CHALDEEAN ... to give you and your descandants this land to posess" "But how, O Lord?" "Without a son, how can i have decendants?" "Avram, I make this Covenant with you." "A son, of your own flesh ... should be your heir." "Hurry!" "Blessed be Abram by The Lord Most High," "Maker of heaven and earth." "And blessed be The Lord Most high ... who delivered your enemies into your hands." "I come to you in the Lord's name." "I am Melchisedec," "King and Lord's High Priest of Salem." "I brought your bread and wine." "I'm grateful to you for your words." "The Lord ..." "Most High!" "?" "Creator of ..." "..." "Heaven and the earth." "Yes.. and I am ..." "His-worshiper." "Yes." "And you know Him." "I ..." "I've heard his voice." " And He has ..." "..." "Given you these victories." "Yes..he had.." "I praise God for that." ""But His victories ..." "..." "I'm bitter." "Its is not by force alone that man finds his reward." "You have also won great wealth, but you, Abraham, have turned your back off." "For it means ..." "Nothing." "Nothing." "Nothing compared to the vision ..." "He is open to us." "A vision beyond our time." "Your have found a home in this land." "and defended it" "The Lord be blessed." "You met a man who understands you." "My good Lord sent him to me." "Mistress, how can I help you?" "Leave us , please." "I need to ask a favor of you." "Of me, mistress?" "I am your servant." "All you ask me, I must do." "I want it to be your choice," "So this will not be strict between us." "You are Egyptian, and may understand the bases of my people." "If you agree ..." "It is to do this:" "Each night you come to my tent and lie down with my husband." "you stay and do this until you have a child, and only until then." "When you give birth ... you do sit on my knees." "In this way, the child will be mine and, only mine, by the law." "Mistress ..." "I see no other way." "The Lord has prevented me from carriage." "Take my servant ... you and I will obtain a child by her." "Could you leave us now, please?" ""I'll give a son, of your own flesh "" "Come, come, come." "how is wonderful!" "More birth this year than ever been before." "And one more in winter." "Hagar is with a child." "I will have a son." "And if a daughter?" "It will be a son." "As the Lord promised." "We will raise him to be strong and wise." "I'll give you your son." "Yes, yes." "This smell is strange." "It is with herbs and lamb caseins" "Mmm, where did you find this?" "The places only Egyptians know." "What is this?" "I'm cooking something for Abraham." "I do the cooking for my husband." "As I recall, this was the Pharaoh meat." "You enjoyed it with him many times, Is not true?" "Bury it." "What are you doing?" "What is that?" "A cradle for the child." "Make like that?" "A basket?" "But the reed will tear skin off." "but the lining is as soft as the sparrow's nest" "I'll find me one from the city, made of fragrant cedar and the Egyptian linen." "Perfumed with pressed flowers." "Who will raise the child with a thing like that." "We have no fear, I'll grow it as mine." "And it would not be a perfume box." "to be coated out with our traditions." "This woman behaves as she is the mistress and I'm the servant." "Whether that mistake against me and to be against you." "I keep my servant in my arm, and from that day and she's illusion and I look with contempt." "May the Lord be the judge between you and me." "Has an agreement been made between you?" "Then, between you, you must resolve it." "However, she is your servant, and you are entitled to do without reservation, but... in accordance to our laws, an agreement must not be broken." "It is right that she respects not only our agreement, but also ways of our people." "May go back to work." "Hagaaar!" "Hagar!" "Serug, take with a few people.. come." "Eliezer... you go, go." "Hagar!" "Agaaar!" "Hagar!" "You know my name!" "Where have you come from and where are you going?" "Fleeing from my mistress." "You're with a child and you will bare a son ..." "And The Lord will so recount multiply your descendants" "That can not be numbered" "Your son should be a man the world can not break." "Wild and conquret , his hand will be against everyman and everyman's hand against him" "He should rule in front of his brothers" "You shall call your son:" "Ishmael ...meaning "God listens."" "Return to your mistress, sarayi, and submit to her." "Try further down the valley!" "Nothing?" "Nothing." "Nothing ..nothing" "Hagar is back" "Hagar" "Oh my God .. thank you." "I have seen an angel of the Lord." "I should have a son and his name should be Ishmael." "Ishmael." "You're doing it the baby is very close." "He and im have to succeed." "He is coming...now" "Push...push" "Push." "It's alright, you are leaning on me before you." "On your knees, as agreed." "But this mine to do .." "My Lord.." "Abraham!" "Abraham!" "Oh, yes!" "My son, my son!" "Ismael.Ismael." "Yes!" "My son!" "My son!" "Ishmael!" "Ishmael." "Ishmael." "Ishmael, your sacrifice is something of great value to youself." "Something you love and something to that you risk your life." "As the ram." "It is a handsome animal ... which could be the father of many sheep What would increase your avuþia." "But God will give life this creature as a sign." "As a sign that God will show him you have not put anything ... nothing in this world before Him" "God Most High." "You understand?" "Yes." "Now, the ritual should accomplished with care." "Creature to sacrifice must stay quiet, accepting the sacrifice." "Now ..." "You must tight him." "shhhhh...good boy" "Now..." "Don't leave him son Touch him" "He is afraid and he must not show his veil" "Good...!" "Now..." "We will place him on the altar" "Now checking his knife.." "Quick" "Our son..you've hunted and killed many animals" "But this is different..." "Oh, yes..." "I did your heart" "It must feel very different" "Do it" "Now we will give thanks" "Oh My Lord..." "I give thanks" "I give thanks..oh My Lord for which you give me and you each morning i wake.." "for which you give me and you each morning i wake.." "..My Lord , i thank thy for my son.. ishmael who is brave and strong.." "and one day will lead our people in the future may You always be with them" "Now we got it all Our burning offer" "Abraam.." "I am YOUR GOD and Iwill make my covenant between ME and you" "No longer shall your name be Abraam man of greetness but Abraham; father of nations" "For i will will make you ..a father of multitudes" "Jesus shall come from you as for Sarayi your wife..." "you shall no longer call her Sarayi" "The princess..." "But Sara ..the queen and she shall be the mother of nations" "Kings shall come from her" "For I will give you a son by her" "Oh.." "My Lord..." "Lord.." "A man at my age..?" "How can i have a child?" "And how can sarayi.." "sara shall bear you a son and you will call him Isac" "Isac...!" "Isac..!" "As for you this is my covnant 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 descendnts the land of Kanan for everlasting position" "we have guests?" "welcome...welcome to my home bless you..who you are?" "can i bring water to wash your feet?" "Thank you, Abraham, for your hospitality." "Abraham? "" "And where is your wife, Sarah?" "Sara...she is .." "She..she is tent !" "...." "Abraham." "O my Lord!" "If I've find favor in your heart and I. .. and in your sights, do not pass your servant by." "Stay with me." "Let me get a bread to be brought that may you refresh your soul." "Do as you have said." "Bake bread, prepare ... prepares the best food we have , and . .." "I'll stay a while" "Then I return to you in one year." "and Sara; your wife, should have a son .." "SARA, Is there anything the LORD can not do?" "Do you think you were too old to bear a child?" "Then why did you laugh?" "...I did not laugh" "But you did laugh." "You will bear to Abraham a son" "AND You'll be called Isaac." "Meaning "laughter."" "God ..." "Ishmael?" "NO worry about Ishmael." "Behold, I have blessed him." "And I will make him fruitful." "and I will multiply him exceedingly." "12 Princes shall he begin." "and I will make him a great nation." "My Lord, you will not stay for a while?" "I shall not hide from my friend .." "Abraham" ""Father of Nations" What I am about to do.?" "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great" "The Sins for which they are accused are very great" "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 : if there are 50 righteous are withen 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 kill the righteous with the wicked.?" "IF I will find in Sodom 50 righteous ..." "I will spare the whole city.." "For their sake." "My Lord, I am nothing but dust and ashes" "Should be I ask you.... suppose 5 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" "Lord, do not be angry," "Suppose that 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." "20?" "For the sake of 20..." "I will not to destroy it." "My Lord ..." "My Lord, I ... may i speak just this once." "Suppose 10?" "For 10, I will never destroy it." "My Lord, ... up to how many of those ... who are without fault ...?" "My lord?" "My lord?" "My lord?" "You are strangers here?" "Welcome to our city." "I will be at your service." "Why not You Come to my house to Stay overnight and to wash your feet? "" "Yes,do.. and you may rise early and go to your way" "Thank you, but we will spend the night in the street." "I beg my friends not in these streets,come with us." "Come on all to Lot house!" "He does not want to admit that many make bread better than I." "We want your friends, Lot!" "Where are the men who came to you tonight?" "Bring them out and we must enjoy them." "Lot, you get them out yourself." "Lot!" "Lot." "These people are my guests." "Under my roof, under my protection and in my hospitality." "Oh, that is alright , we will show all hospitality Sodom." "I beg you, my friends." "Do not do this, please." "I beg you please not do this to my friends." "Not the sort of thing ..." "Friend?" "Friend?" "You think we're your friends?" "huh?" "You buy house, you think you can buy friendship?" "Take me.Don't take them, take me.." "What did you say?" "Take me.Don't take them, take me" "Oh, that's an interesting quote:" "take you yourself!" "Protecting a guest is a sacred duty." "You can take me You can take my daughters ... but you can not take my guests" "Oh, happy night!" "We can take them on all." "Help!" "My eyes!" "I can't see anymore!" "Not anymore!" "I'm blind!" "Quick!" "My mother,father.." "Do not stop!" "And do not look at back!" " Do not stop!" "Flee to the hill!" " Hurry!" "Remember, do not come back, or you will be consumed" "Quick,quickly!" "Follow me and do not look at back." "Into this cave, Quickly!" "No!" "One year later" "God will give you what He promised." "His promise!" "He give me a son ... and He take Sarah ...?" "would yout ... would you go to her, please?" "Why?" "Why? "" "She suffers, and she is made night, and day ..." "And midwives do not tell me anything..." "She could be in danger." "Please come to her." "She will not take comfort from me" "She is in the God's hands." "Leave it there." "Abraham, tell me ..." "If Ishmael can be acceptable to serve as son?" "Ishmael?" "Acceptable? "to Serve?" Oh, My God..." "Why, then, for 10 years, since his birth ... you and me calcam same ground, but hardly change a word?" "Why did you never give a word of gratitude?" "Yes ..." "Yes." "Yes." "Would you forgive me?" "Now you speak..." "Only now, for my help." "Your wife has servants enough." "Did you see ... they did their job" "Go to her, Abraham." "And his name is Isaac." "Isac.." "Isac.." "Isac..." "Ismael.Ismael." "Ishmael." "Ishmael, click it now." "Ishmael gain him quick!" "The winner is..." "Ishmael." "brave...." "Serug, i challenge you to a fight." "Huh your feel very brave tonight?" "Father, mother..did you see Ishmael?" "Did you see?" "Yeah, Isaac, I see him very strong." "Come." "Ishmael continues to amaze me with skill and his courage." "He is actually born to be a leader." "Now let see if Serug can teach him some ... with staff." "Wait!" "That's not fair." "Why not?" "Isaac, come here, I need your help." "Go, go, go and help your brother.Do it!" "Hold my head and watch Serug." "Do on him a trick." "Now it is even Two against one." "Good to see you win Ask you can to do archery." "Without anybody help." "I Love you both." "Father." "Yeah?" "Ishmael taken the herds beyond the mountain tomorrow." "Can I go with him?" "Of course." "Oh. wonderful." "..God, I love both children knew." "Where is Isaac?" "Isaac?" "he is with Ishmael." "What is Sarah?" "I saw something terrible tonight." "Are you worried?" "Why?" "The future." "The future!" "Future." "Future." "Future of ... whose?" "My son." "I do not want Isaac go to mountains alone." "He is not going alone." "Willl go with Ishmael." "I know." "Ishmael teaches Isaac something new every day." "When he comes back, he will know as much about the herds ... and the best of our pastors." " And if dos not come back?" "Why he would not come back?" "Ishmael would do what does Hagar say to do." "And Hagar would do anything ... that it put her son on place that deserves our son." "Son of God gave it to us." "Oh, Sarah, Sarah." "You two ... never have made no secret of feel what the other one away." "These are old things." "Every man in the tribe is now ready to follow Ishmael even to death." "He is older than Isaac is." "He is stubborn ..." "Fearless ..." "And when i talked with his mother i watched that ... such a fierce ambition Hagar's eyes burn." "Oh Sara, Sara, Sara." "In time, and not much that.." "God will take us." "If we leave Isaac and Ishmael behind us, 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 yeah, he does..." "So much that if Ishmael would require" "Isaac would happily give up his right of birth ... to please Ishmael... to follow Ishmael to worship Ishmael." "Isaac is God's choice." "That is God's promise." "Tell me ... without us ... you think could be little Isaac right in front of Ishmael and his mother?" "How can God ensure that it will be Isaac?" "Hagar will hit and Ishmael death?" "You love your sons are both so much ... you do not see it?" "And I love them too." "But we may create this problem, and now God put in our hands to solve." "No, no, no." "I created the problem." "I did had sufficient faith in the words of God." "And now the problem ... is ours to solve." "But how?" "How?" "Send him away." "What?" "Oh, yes, yes ..." "I send him away." "Send them away?" "For the protection of our son." "Send him away?" "I believe the words you spoke ... are not come from you alone, but God's will." "Mother and son will be gone in the morning." "Go with God." "Do not 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?" "Let us ask God for His help?" "Yes, Father." "Take a lamb you love as you love Ishmael." "and will be offered for his love for your brother's safety." "Will you choose or I?" "I will ." "Must be one whom i love ?" "Yes." "Must be one i love him most?" "As a sign of your faith." "Not today , not today my son." "Not today." "God will provide for Ishmael." "God will provide." "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." "So I all stars huddle together, and take the shape ... of little animals." "Lambe comes first, and after comes Scorpio," "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 some many" "Get your bow and arrow." "It's time to practice." "Yes, sir." "He's got so much to learn." "And I, have a so little time to teach him ." "But ...his mind is wonderful." "He is fast in understanding.." "And his memory is so quick and fast to hold all what he had learnt." "Yes." "But there is something that needs your interest." "Look ..he is learning to ride." "I had never seen a child or even a man with such mastery over animals" "One word, one whisper and they do anything he asks." "Yes, he rides very well, but ..." "It is more than skill." "Isaac has a gift He was born with; i believe.." "Power over the beasts, it's magical.." "Higher with the ball ... Higher ..." "Higher ..." " Abraham, may I interrupt you?" " Yes, yes, yes." "What?" "Serug.Serug." "Serug's boy is eight days old now." "They are waiting for you to perform circumcision." "Yes, yes..well, it's a simple thing." "You ... you do it ." "But it is not my blessing." "Good shot!" "Good shot!" "Well, you far saw me do it hundred times." "But Serug ... he wants you." "When they understand? "" "Can not you see I'm busy?" "Every day, there are becoming more and more children!" "." "It's you more and more against strangers." "Sara had been talking to you?" "Yes." "Its her thought." "Well, I will tell you what I told her." "Isaac will lead our people." "And that soon." "Soon, though." "He is my only child,... now." "And I want every day, I have , to prepare him." "And nothing is more important than that, you understand?" "Nothing." "Yes." "Eliezer." "I will not disappoint My God again." "Again?" "Was a time in the past   I believed He abandoned me." "But it was I who abandoned him." "And I will not disappoint him again." "Isaac come." "Come with bow." "Come let me show it." "Let me show you how stretch 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 I offer Him as a burnt sacrifice." "Lord?" "Offer him as a burnt sacrifice." "Lord, Lord!" "Should I offer him as a burnt sacrifice?" "My Lord." "My lord?" "I offer ..." "Isaac ... as a burnt sacrifice?" "Why, Lord?" "How.." "My Lord?" "why?" "wh............y?" "You Stay here." "My son and I ... we climb and worship." "And then ... we will... then we come back ... down to you." "Father, there is no sheep up to this height." "Did you bring Flints to make a fire ?" "Yes." "We have wood ..." "But where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" "God will provide the lamb." "Hold out your arms Isaac." "Tie me tight, father." "Oh, God!" "Give me the strength to do what is must." "Abraham!" "Do not do no harm your child." "For now I know that you fear God." "Seeing that you 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 on the seashore." "Like stars in the heavens above." "And Abraham to the good fullness of his time." "Ancient man content with his days" "And when he died, his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave which he bought in Hebron." "They laid him to rest next to Sara, his wife." "And on his tomb, they joined hands."