The Bible : In the Beginning Page #3

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


shalt thou return.

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My punishment is greater

than I can bear!

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Thou hast driven me

out this day from the face

of the Earth&

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& and from thy face

shall I be hid.

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And I shall be

a fugitive and a vagabond

in the Earth&

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& and everyone

that findeth me

shall slay me!

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iGOD:
Whosoever slayeth Cain& /i

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i& vengeance shall be taken/i

ion him sevenfold./i

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iI set a mark upon Cain& /i

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i& lest any, finding him,/i

ishall slay him./i

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NARRATOR:
And Cain

ileft the presence/i

iof the Lord& /i

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i& and dwelt/i

iin the Land of Nod,/i

ieast of Eden./i

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iAnd Cain knew his wife,/i

iand she conceived/i

iand bare a son./i

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iIn the generations of time& /i

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i& when his seed began/i

ito people the Earth& /i

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i& there were born men/i

iapt in knowledge and craft./i

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iAs Jabal,/i

ithe father of such/i

ias dwell in tents& /i

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i& and of such/i

ias have cattle./i

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iThey made vessels/i

iout of the earth& /i

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i& jars and pitchers/i

iby the skill of their hands./i

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iAnd Jabal s brother s name/i

iwas Jubal./i

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iHe was the father of all/i

isuch as handle the harp/i

iand play music./i

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iAnd Tubalcain, also& /i

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i& an instructor/i

iof every artificer/i

iin brass and iron./i

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iAnd they learnt the secrets/i

iof the ground& /i

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i& that it/i

ishould deliver to them/i

iits fullness and strength./i

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iBut the knowledge/i

iof good and evil/i

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iwas in all the people/i

iof the Earth./i

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iAnd God grieved in/i

iHis heart that men/i

ifollowed the way of evil& /i

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i& and that/i

ievery imagination& /i

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i& of/i

ithe thoughts of his heart/i

iwas only evil, continually./i

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iThe Earth/i

idisclosed her blood& /i

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i& and no more/i

icovered her slain./i

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iThe deed of/i

iCain was multiplied/i

ia thousand times./i

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iAnd God said,/i

i I will destroy man,/i

iwhom I have created& /i

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i& both man and beast,/i

ifor it repenteth me/i

ithat I hath made them. /i

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iBut the Lord gave Eve/i

ianother son& /i

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i& instead of Abel/i

iwhom Cain slew./i

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iAnd Adam called/i

ihis name Seth./i

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iAnd from Seth s seed,/i

ithrough the generations& /i

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i& was Noah born./i

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iAnd Noah found grace/i

iin the eyes of the Lord./i

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iThere dwelt with Noah/i

ihis sons:
Shem& /i

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i& Japheth and Ham./i

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iAnd his wife,/i

iand his sons wives also./i

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iAnd Noah was perfect/i

iin his generations./i

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iHe was a just man,/i

iand walked with God./i

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GOD:
Noah.

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iNoah./i

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iNoah!/i

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iHearken now to my voice/i

iand take heed./i

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iNow shall I tell thee/i

ithe matter of my grief& /i

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i& and of what thou shalt do./i

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iThe end of all flesh/i

iis come before me& /i

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i& for the Earth is filled/i

iwith violence through them./i

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iAnd behold, I will bring/i

ia flood of waters/i

iupon the Earth& /i

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i& to destroy all flesh./i

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iAnd everything that is/i

iin the Earth shall die./i

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iMake thee an ark/i

iof gopher wood./i

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iRooms shalt thou make& /i

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i& and shalt/i

ipitch it within and/i

iwithout with pitch./i

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iAnd this is the fashion/i

ithou shalt make it of./i

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iThe length of the ark/i

ishall be 300 cubits& /i

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i& the breadth/i

iof it 50 cubits& /i

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i& and the height/i

iof it 30 cubits./i

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iWith thee will I establish/i

imy covenant./i

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iThou shalt come into the ark./i

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iThou and thy sons/i

iand thy wife, and thy/i

isons wives with thee./i

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iFor thee have I/i

iseen righteous before me/i

iin this generation./i

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Hey! Hey!

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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

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(LOUD HAMMERING)

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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

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What is more stupid

than this?

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A man building a ship

on dry land!

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WOMAN 1:
A devil is in him

and hath made him mad&

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& and his sons with him!

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MAN 1:
When shall

the Earth see this again?

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He hath the sea in his head,

and his house rides up

on the waves.

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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

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Father, is it

indeed God s voice

thou hast heard?

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For look,

there is no cloud

in the sky.

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Not so much

as would cover a bird.

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The Lord waiteth

upon our work.

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Then what need

is there of haste?

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Shall we not do it

little by little&

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& under cover of night?

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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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