The Ten Commandments Page #2

Fill the ark with water.

Sink it into silence.

Raise your hands, Memnet.

What you have buried in the Nile

shall remain buried in your heart.

- Swear it.

- I will be silent.

The day you break that oath will be

the last your eyes shall ever see.

You will be the glory of Egypt, my son.

Mighty in words and deeds.

Kings shall bow before you.

Your name will live

when the pyramids are dust.

And...

...because I drew you from the water,

you shall be called Moses.

Moses! Moses!

Moses...

He proclaims his coming from afar,

does he not, my son?

Such favor with the people

can be dangerous, Great Sethi.

To whom, Rameses? To me or to you?

It would not be the first time that fame

has turned a prince against his Pharaoh.

Or that envy has turned a brother

against his brother.

Envy is for the weak.

And beauty is for the strong.

That is what you have in mind.

If you mean Nefretiri, yes, my father.

Is it the princess'

beauty that attracts you, Rameses,

or the fact that she must marry the man

I choose to follow me on the throne?

I am the son of your body.

Who else could be your heir?

The man best able to rule Egypt

will follow me.

I owe that to my fathers,

not to my sons.

- Then I shall follow you.

- Shall you?

Do not let ambition

shave your prince's lock.

I sent Moses to destroy a city.

He returns in triumph.

I sent you to build a city.

Where is it?

It will rise when I have put fear

into the stiff-necked

Hebrew slaves who build it.

But this I know, my father:

no pretended brother

will ever have your crown...

...or Nefretiri.

Indeed?

Whoever I choose shall have my crown...

...and Nefretiri.

I think I see him, Memnet.

Moses...

Yes, I can see him!

Moses!

Listen, Memnet. Listen.

The trumpets tell all the world

he's come back to me.

Hear them.

And all those shouts are drowned

by the beating of my heart.

- Moses!

- Do you hear, Memnet?

- The whole city calls his name.

- I hear them, Nefretiri.

The Lord Moses, Prince of Egypt,

son of the Pharaoh's sister,

beloved of the Nile god,

commander of the Southern Host.

Welcome home!

- Prince Moses!

- The blessings of the god Amun-Ra

be upon you, Great Prince.

He has brought down

the pride of Ethiopia.

- Yes, that is...

- The old windbag.

- I agree with him.

- May your name be exalted on Earth,

o' conqueror, even as the sun

is exalted in the heavens.

Welcome to my sister's son.

We have heard how you took

ibis from the Nile

to destroy the venomous serpents

used against you

when you laid siege

to the city of Saba.

May my arms stay strong

in your service, Great Sethi.

Who is this fair young god

come into the house of Pharaoh?

No need to tell you

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