The Prince of Egypt Quotes

God: [whispering] Moses...
Moses: Here I am.
God: Take the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
Moses: Who are you?
God: I am that I am.
Moses: I don't understand.
God: I am the God of your ancestors,

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Miriam: [disembodied] You were born of my mother, Yocheved! You are our brother!
[Moses quickly removes his sandals and throws them behind him]
Moses: What do you want with me?
God: I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and have heard their cry.
[sound of screams and

cracking whips]
God: So I shall stretch forth my hand, and lead them out of Egypt, into a good land. A land flowing with milk and honey. And so, unto Pharaoh, I shall send... you.
Moses: Me? W-who am I to lead these people? They won't follow me, they won't even listen!
God: I shall teach you what to say.

Moses: [disembodied] Let my people go!
Moses: But I was their enemy. I was the prince of Egypt, the son of the man who slaughtered... their *children*! You've chosen the wrong messenger! H-how can I even speak to these people?
God: WHO MADE MAN'S MOUTH? WHO MADE THE DEAF, THE MUTE, THE SEEING OR THE BLIND? DID NOT I? NOW GO!

[Moses falls to the ground, cowering]
God: [soothing, lifting Moses up] Oh, Moses, I shall be with you when you go to the king of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen. So I will stretch forth my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders! Take the staff in your hand, Moses. With it, *you* shall do *my* wonders.
[whispers]
God: I will be with you,

Moses.

[Moses discovers the slaughter of the Hebrew babies]
Seti: The Hebrews grew too numerous. They might have risen against us.
Moses: Father, tell me you didn't do this.
Seti: Moses... sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.
Moses: Sacrifices?
Seti: [hugging him]

Oh, my son... they were only slaves.

On Screen Text: [first lines, the text that appears on screen] The motion picture you are about to see is an adaptation of the Exodus story.
On Screen Text: While artistic and historical license has been taken, we believe that this film is true to the essence, values and integrity of a story that is a cornerstone of faith for millions of people worldwide.
On Screen Text: The biblical

story of Moses can be found in the book of Exodus.

Jethro: [singing] A single thread in a tapestry, though its color brightly shine, can never see its purpose in the pattern of the grand design. And the stone that sits on the very top of the mountain's mighty face, does it think it's more important than the stones that form the base? So how can you see what your life is worth, or where your value lies? You can never see through

the eyes of man... You must look at your life, look at your life through Heaven's eyes!

Tzipporah: [Moses has fallen into Jethro's Well] What are you girls doing?
Sister: We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!
Tzipporah: Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well, that's one I've never heard before.
[She looks down the well]
Tzipporah: Oh! Oh, my! Don't worry down there!

We'll get you out! Hold on!
[She sees it is Moses]
Tzipporah: You!
[Tzipporah lets go of the rope, nods, and saunters away]
Sister: That's why Papa says she'll never get married.

[first lines]
Overseers: [chanting] Mud... Sand... Water... Straw. Faster! Mud... and lift... sand... and pull... water... and raise up! Straw... Faster!
Hebrews: [singing] With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, with the salt of my sweat on my brow... Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now, this dark hour... Deliver us, hear our call, deliver us, Lord of

all! Remember us, here in this burning sand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us! Deliver us to the promised land!

Moses: Is this where you found me?
Queen: Moses, please try to understand.
Moses: So everything I thought, everything I am, is a lie.
Queen: No! You are our son and we love you.
Moses: Why did you choose me?
Queen: We didn't, Moses. The gods did.
[sings]

Queen: This is your home, my son. Here the river brought you, and it's here the river meant to be your home. Now you know the truth, love; now forget, and be content. When the gods send you a blessing, you don't ask why it was sent.

Moses: [Sarcastic] Well, that went well.
Rameses: Just go away.
Moses: It could have been worse!
Rameses: The "weak link in the chain." That's what he called me.
Moses: Well, you are rather pathetic.
Rameses: "Irresponsible... Ignorant of the traditions." He

practically accused me of bringing down the dynasty!
Moses: Yeah, I can see it now. "There go the pyramids!"
[laughs]

Yocheved: [singing, while wrapping a blanket around her baby and hiding it in her arms] Yal-di ha-tor veh he ha-rach...
[My good and tender son]
Yocheved: Al ti-ra, veh al tif-chad.
[Don't be frightened and don't be scared]
Yocheved: My son, I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live. I pray we'll meet

again, if He will deliver us...
[Yocheved, Miriam and Aaron race to the river with the baby]
Chorus: Deliver us, hear our prayer, deliver us from despair, these years of slavery grow too cruel to stand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us, deliver us out of bondage and deliver us to the promised land...
Yocheved: [placing the baby in the basket] Hush

now, my baby. Be still, love, don't cry. Sleep as you're rocked by the stream. Sleep and remember my last lullaby, so I'll be with you when you dream. River, oh river, flow gently for me. Such precious cargo you bear. Do you know somewhere he can live free? River, deliver him there...

Chorus: [singing] Thus saith the Lord: Since you refuse to free my people, all through the land of Egypt, I send a pestilence and plague into your house, into your bed, into your streams, into your streets, into your drink, into your bread! Upon your cattle, on your sheep, upon your oxen in your field! Into your dreams, into your sleep, until you break, until you yield! I send the swarm, I send

the hoard! Thus saith the Lord!