The Bible : In the Beginning

Synopsis: An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and continue on to Cain and the murder of Abel. Next, we visit Noah and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel, the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham, a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah. At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): John Huston
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
UNRATED
Year:
1966
174 min
272 Views


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NARRATOR:

iIn the beginning, God created/i

ithe Heaven and the Earth./i

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iAnd the Earth/i

iwas without/i

iform and void& /i

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i& and darkness/i

iwas upon the face/i

iof the deep./i

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iAnd the Spirit of God/i

imoved upon the face/i

iof the waters./i

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iAnd God said,/i

i"Let there be light. /i

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iAnd there was light./i

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iAnd God divided the light/i

ifrom the darkness./i

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iAnd God called/i

ithe light day. /i

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iAnd the darkness/i

iHe called night. /i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the first day./i

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iAnd God said,/i

i Let there be a firmament& /i

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i& in the midst/i

iof the waters./i

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iAnd let it/i

idivide the waters/i

ifrom the waters. /i

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iAnd God called/i

ithe firmament heaven. /i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the second day./i

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iAnd God said:
/i

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iLet the waters/i

iunder the heaven& /i

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i& be gathered together/i

iunto one place& /i

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i& and let/i

ithe dry land appear. /i

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iThe gathering together/i

iof the waters& /i

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i& called He seas. /i

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iAnd He called/i

ithe dry land earth. /i

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iAnd God said,/i

i Let the earth/i

ibring forth grass& /i

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i& the herb yielding seed/i

iand the fruit tree/i

iyielding fruit& /i

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i& whose seed is in itself/i

iupon the earth. /i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the third day./i

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iAnd God said, Let there/i

ibe lights in the firmament/i

iof the heaven& /i

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i& and let them be/i

ifor signs and for seasons& /i

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i& and for days and years. /i

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iAnd God made/i

itwo great lights:/i

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iThe greater light,/i

ito rule the day& /i

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i& and the lesser light,/i

ito rule the night./i

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iHe made the stars also./i

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iAnd God set them/i

iin the firmament/i

iof the heaven& /i

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i& to give light/i

iupon the Earth./i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the fourth day./i

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iAnd God said,/i

i Let the waters bring/i

iforth abundantly& /i

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i& the moving creature/i

ithat hath life& /i

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i& and fowl that fly/i

iabove the earth/i

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iin the open/i

ifirmament of heaven. /i

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(SEAGULLS SQUAWK)

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iAnd God created/i

igreat whales& /i

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i& and every living creature/i

ithat moveth& /i

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i& which the waters/i

ibrought forth abundantly/i

iafter their kind./i

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iGod blessed them, saying:/i

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i Be fruitful and multiply/i

iand fill the waters& /i

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i& and the seas. /i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the fifth day./i

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iAnd God said,/i

i Let the earth bring forth& /i

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i& the living creature/i

iafter his kind./i

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iAnd everything/i

ithat creepeth upon the earth/i

iafter his kind& /i

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i& cattle and/i

ithe beast of the earth/i

iafter his kind. /i

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iAnd God saw that it was good./i

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iAnd God said:
/i

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i Let us make man/i

iin our own image& /i

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i& after our likeness. /i

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iThe Lord God formed man/i

iof the dust of the ground& /i

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i& and breathed/i

iinto his nostrils/i

ithe breath of life& /i

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i& and man/i

ibecame a living soul./i

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iAnd God brought unto Adam/i

ievery beast of the field& /i

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i& and every/i

ifowl of the air& /i

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i& to see what he/i

iwould call them./i

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(BIRDS CHIRPING)

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iAnd the Lord said:/i

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i It is not good/i

ithat the man/i

ishould be alone. /i

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iAnd He caused a deep sleep/i

ito fall upon Adam./i

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iAnd he slept./i

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iAnd God made a woman/i

iand brought her/i

iunto the man./i

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This is now

bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh.

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iSo God created man/i

iin His own image& /i

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i& in the image of God/i

icreated He him& /i

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i& male and female/i

icreated He them./i

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iAnd God saw everything/i

ithat He had made& /i

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i& and behold,/i

iit was very good./i

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iAnd the evening/i

iand the morning/i

iwere the sixth day./i

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iAnd on the seventh day/i

iGod rested& /i

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i& from all His work/i

iwhich He had made./i

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iAnd God blessed/i

ithe seventh day/i

iand sanctified it./i

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iEastward, in Eden,/i

iGod had planted a garden./i

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iAnd He said,/i

i Go into the garden/i

iI have made./i

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iTend it and keep it./i

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iOf every tree of the garden/i

ithou mayest freely eat./i

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iBut of the Tree/i

iof the Knowledge/i

iof Good and Evil& /i

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i& thou shalt not eat of it./i

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iFor in the day/i

ithat thou eatest thereof& /i

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i& thou shalt surely die. /i

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Christopher Fry

Christopher Fry (18 December 1907 – 30 June 2005) was an English poet and playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, notably The Lady's Not for Burning, which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. more…

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