The Bible : In the Beginning Page #7

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
282 Views


of the plain.

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The men of the cities

are wicked,

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and sinners

before the Lord.

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01:
42:08,372 -- 01:42:12,083

From here

the walls of Sodom

and Gomorrah are white.

547

01:
42:13,044 -- 01:42:14,961

But within the walls&

548

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& is the darkness of men.

549

01:
42:18,633 -- 01:42:22,803

Many tribes

and their kings try to

claim their domination&

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& and the city walls

are refuge and strength.

551

01:
42:26,098 -- 01:42:28,725

God is my refuge

and strength.

552

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42:29,894 -- 01:42:33,355

The plain is

well-watered everywhere&

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& fertile with fruits

of the earth&

554

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& even as

the Garden of the Lord.

That is the way I shall take.

555

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And my way is another.

556

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GOD:
Lift up now

ithine eyes& /i

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i& and look from the place/i

iwhere thou art& /i

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43:57,982 -- 01:44:02,694

i& northward and southward/i

iand eastward and westward./i

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44:03,446 -- 01:44:06,615

iFor all the land/i

iwhich thou seest& /i

560

01:
44:06,824 -- 01:44:11,703

i& to thee will I give it/i

iand to thy seed forever./i

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Lord God,

what wilt thou give me,

seeing I go childless?

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Behold, to me thou

hast given no seed.

563

01:
44:25,301 -- 01:44:29,721

iI will make thy seed/i

ias the dust of the Earth& /i

564

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44:29,931 -- 01:44:33,224

i& so that if one can number/i

ithe dust of the Earth& /i

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44:33,434 -- 01:44:37,479

i& then shall thy seed/i

ialso be numbered./i

566

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44:39,357 -- 01:44:43,777

But Sarai, my wife,

is barren and she has

no child.

567

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iI am the Lord/i

ithat brought thee& /i

568

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i& out of Ur/i

iof the Chaldees& /i

569

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i& to give thee this land/i

ito inherit it./i

570

01:
44:56,040 -- 01:44:57,374

Lord God&

571

01:
44:58,876 -- 01:45:02,212

& whereby shall I know

that I shall inherit it?

572

01:
45:08,886 -- 01:45:12,097

iTake me a heifer/i

iof three years old& /i

573

01:
45:12,306 -- 01:45:14,891

i& and a she-goat/i

iof three years old/i

574

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iand a ram of/i

ithree years old& /i

575

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i& and a turtledove/i

iand a young pigeon./i

576

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iDivide them in the midst& /i

577

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45:23,234 -- 01:45:26,486

i& and lay each piece/i

ione against another./i

578

01:
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iBut the birds,/i

ithey shall not be divided./i

579

01:
46:36,474 -- 01:46:40,935

iNow have I made my covenant/i

ibetween me and thee& /i

580

01:
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i& and out of/i

ithine own bowels/i

ithou shalt have an heir./i

581

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iAnd Isaac shall/i

ihis name be called./i

582

01:
46:49,445 -- 01:46:52,072

iYet know of a surety/i

ithat thy seed& /i

583

01:
46:52,364 -- 01:46:56,618

i& shall be/i

ia stranger in a land/i

ithat is not theirs./i

584

01:
46:56,827 -- 01:46:59,037

iIts rulers shall/i

iafflict them& /i

585

01:
46:59,288 -- 01:47:03,041

i& pangs and sorrows/i

ishall take hold of them./i

586

01:
47:03,250 -- 01:47:06,961

iThey shall be in pain/i

ias a woman that travaileth./i

587

01:
47:07,171 -- 01:47:10,381

iThey shall be tried,/i

ilike metal in a furnace& /i

588

01:
47:10,633 -- 01:47:13,343

i& as also I shall try thee./i

589

01:
47:15,971 -- 01:47:19,682

iI will make/i

ia man more precious/i

ithan fine gold& /i

590

01:
47:19,767 -- 01:47:24,104

i& even a man than/i

ithe golden wedge of Ophir./i

591

01:
49:38,113 -- 01:49:41,532

Go.

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Abram.

593

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Behold now.

594

01:
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The Lord

hath restrained me

from bearing.

595

01:
50:44,888 -- 01:50:47,056

I pray thee&

596

01:
50:48,809 -- 01:50:51,227

& go in unto my maid&

597

01:
50:52,229 -- 01:50:55,064

& according to

that law which says:

598

01:
50:55,816 -- 01:50:57,734

When a wife is barren&

599

01:
50:58,068 -- 01:51:01,029

& her maidservant

may bear for her.

600

01:
51:02,406 -- 01:51:05,742

It may be that

I may obtain children

by her.

601

01:
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I give thee

my handmaiden&

602

01:
51:16,712 -- 01:51:19,172

& Hagar the Egyptian&

603

01:
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& to be thy wife.

604

01:
51:25,596 -- 01:51:27,263

Is it so&

605

01:
51:28,223 -- 01:51:32,185

& that the promise

of many nations

shall be fulfilled?

606

01:
51:33,896 -- 01:51:36,189

Even so&

607

01:
52:00,964 -- 01:52:05,885

iAnd Abram went in to Hagar/i

iand she conceived& /i

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01:
52:09,306 -- 01:52:11,140

i& and when it came/i

inear the time/i

609

01:
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ithat she should/i

ibear a child& /i

610

01:
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i& Sarai, her mistress,/i

iwas despised in her eyes./i

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01:
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Are you not tired?

612

01:
52:51,348 -- 01:52:54,016

Let us stay our hands&

613

01:
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& and eat and drink,

now that the sun is gone.

614

01:
53:42,483 -- 01:53:44,859

Fruits of thy kind.

615

01:
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Figs that are dry,

and dates and raisins.

616

01:
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But for me&

617

01:
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& the fruits that ripen.

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01:
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Go away from me!

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Why weepest thou?

620

01:
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I am ashamed.

621

01:
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For what cause?

622

01:
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Did I not say to thee:

623

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Go in to my maid

that I may obtain

children by her ?

624

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Even so?

625

01:
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Now I am despised by her

that she carries

the child in her body.

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I am but the grass

that is bruised

where she walks.

627

01:
55:11,405 -- 01:55:16,284

I look through her eyes

and see myself as one

who no longer lives.

628

01:
55:17,119 -- 01:55:21,080

The fulfilment

of the earth

passes to strangers.

629

01:
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And I am left

as I was never born.

630

01:
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But the child is thine&

631

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& by thy maidservant&

632

01:
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& and by the love

I bear thee.

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NARRATOR:

iFrom the south, even unto/i

ithe plain of Jordan& /i

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i& came four warring kings:/i

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iThe kings of Shinar,/i

iof Ellasar& /i

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i& of Elam, and Tidal,/i

iking of nations./i

637

01:
56:05,667 -- 01:56:08,544

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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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