The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Quotes

Moses: [he walks up] Good-bye, brother.

Tzipporah: Look. Look at your people, Moses.

Tzipporah: They are free.

Yocheved: [singing] Deliver us!

God: {{yellow| With this staff, you shall do my wonders!}}

Moses: Leave it!

Aaron: Yeah, me too.

Rameses: [battle cries out; the guards run at the Hebrews] DON'T JUST STAND THERE, KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!

Moses: The soldiers! They're coming!

Aaron: Moses! Moses! Hurry! Hurry! I got you.

Man: Look, the shore!

Rameses: [the water puts Rameses on a rock] No!

Moses: Thank you.

Rameses: Moses! Moses!

Rameses: You and your people have my permission to go.

Rameses: Leave me!

Moses: God has come to me again, saying, "Take a lamb, and with its blood...mark the lintel and posts of every door. For tonight...I shall pass through the land of Egypt...and smite all the firstborn. But when I see the blood upon your door...I will pass over you, and the plague shall not enter".

Moses: Rameses? Rameses?

Rameses: [sarcastically] Oh, let me guess. You want me to..."let your people go".

Moses: I...I hoped I would find you here.

Rameses: [throws a goblet at him, but misses] Get out!

Moses: [Rameses is silent; paused; chuckles; silent, starts to leave] Rameses...we must bring this to an end. Rameses, please. Talk to me. We could always talk here. This place...so many memories...I remember the time you... switched the heads of the gods in the Temple of Ra.

Rameses: If I recall correctly, you were there switching heads right along with me.

Moses: No, that was you, I didn't do that.

Rameses: Oh yes, you did. You put the hippo on the crocodile and the crocodile...

Moses: [remembers] ...on the falcon.

Rameses: [pauses as his expression softens; chuckles] Yes! And the priests thought it was a horrible omen and fasted for two months! Father was furious! You were always getting me into trouble! But then...you were always there to get me out of trouble again. Why can't things be the way they were before?

Rameses Son: [Rameses walks over to son to comfort him; sees Moses] Father, it's so dark. I'm frightened. Why is he here? Isn't that the man who did all this?!

Rameses: Yes. But one must wonder...why?

Moses: Because no kingdom should be made on the backs of slaves. Rameses, your stubbornness is bringing this misery upon Egypt. It would cease if only you would let the Hebrews go.

Rameses: I will not be dictated to. I will not be threatened! I am the Morning and the Evening Star! I am Pharaoh!

Moses: [Rameses' son backs away in fear] Something else is coming, something much worse than anything before! Please! Let go of your contempt for life before it destroys everything you hold dear. Think of your son!

Rameses: [coldly] I do. You Hebrews have been nothing but trouble. My father had the right idea about how to deal with your people.

Moses: [worried] Rameses!

Rameses: And I think it's time I finished the job!

Moses: Rameses!

Rameses: And there shall be a great cry in all of Egypt, such as never has been or ever will be again!

Moses: ...Rameses, you bring this upon yourself.

Old Hebrew Man: [looks up and sees Moses; throws a handful of mud at Moses' face, which sends him to the underground] It's Moses.

Tzipporah: [Aaron and several other Hebrews surround Moses, looking at him angrily] Moses!

Aaron: So, Moses, how does it feel when you get struck to the ground?

Moses: I didn't mean to cause you more pain. I'm just trying to do as God told me.

Aaron: [scoffs] God? When did God start caring about any of us? In fact, Moses, when did you start caring about slaves? Was it when you found out that you were one of us?

Tzipporah: Don't listen to him.

Moses: No, he's right. I did not see because I did not wish to see.

Aaron: [sarcastically] Oh, you didn't see because you didn't wish to see. Ah! Well, that makes everything fine then, doesn't it?

Miriam: [walks over and glares at her brother, unimpressed; then sees Moses, smilingly] Aaron! You shame yourself!

Moses: [covers his face in shame] Miriam. I'm so sorry.

Miriam: [They all look at the men. Moses sees Rameses' boat on the Nile River, then grabs his staff, and walks down. Miriam follows him] Moses, hear what I say. I have been a slave all of my life, and God has never answered my prayers until now. God saved you from the river, He saved you in all your wanderings, and even now, He saves you from the wrath of Pharaoh. God will not abandon you. So don't you abandon us.

Aaron: [They all walk down, then looking at a boat] Miriam. Where are you going? M-Miriam.

Hotep: [The Egyptians all laugh] The ball disappears. Now, where is it? It's in his hand. How about that?

Moses: [walks over to the edge of the river] Rameses! Let my people go!

Rameses: [chuckles; to his guards] Still gnawing away at that bone, are we? Carry on.

Moses: You cannot keep ignoring us.

Rameses: [to his guards; Guards pull out their knives and jump into the Nile to retrieve Moses] Enough! I will hear no more of this Hebrew nonsense. Bring him to me.

Tzipporah: [running after him] Moses!

Aaron: [holding Tzipporah back along with Miriam; Moses walks into the water, and looks up to the sky] No!

God: {{yellow|Take the staff in your hand, Moses.}}

Rameses Son: [touches the blood infested water] Father-

Miriam: It's-

Guard: BLOOD!

Rameses: [getting splattered with blood] Hotep! Huy! Explain this to me!

Hotep: Ah!

Huy: Rest assured, Your Majesty!

Hotep: [puts the jug down, then collects the red powder; drops the red powder into the water, creates the same blood] Uh, yes, we were going to demonstrate the superior might of our gods. Uh... By the power of Ra!

Rameses: [dips his hand to the blood, and chuckles; sails off] Abandon this futile mission, Moses. I've indulged you long enough! This must now be finished!

Moses: [to himself] No, Rameses. It is only beginning.

Aaron: But, Moses, didn't you see what happened? The priests did the same thing. Pharaoh still has the power over our lives.

Moses: [Miriam smiles] Yes, Aaron, it's true. Pharaoh has the power. He can take away your food, your home, your freedom. He can take away your sons and daughters. With one word, Pharaoh can take away your very lives. But there is one thing he cannot take away from you: Your faith. Believe, for we will see God's wonders.

Rameses: All right, Moses, I know you. What's this really about?

Moses: Rameses, look. What do you see?

Rameses: A greater Egypt than that of my father.

Moses: That is not what I see.

Rameses: [chuckles] Moses, I cannot change what you see. I have to maintain the ancient traditions. I bear the weight of my father's crown.

Moses: Do you still not understand what Seti was?

Rameses: He was a great leader.

Moses: His hands bore the blood of thousands of children.

Rameses: [scoffs] Slaves.

Moses: My people! And I can no longer hide in the desert while they suffer...at your hands.

Rameses: So...you have returned...only to free them.

Moses: [removes the ring Rameses gave him and places it on the armrest of the throne] I'm sorry.

Rameses: [picks it up and bows his head, saddened; closes his eyes, looks up, his regret melted into cold anger, put your hat on and stands up; turns to leaves] Yes. I had hoped...that... I do not know this God. Neither will I let your people go.

Moses: Rameses, please, you must listen-!

Rameses: [furiously; opens the doors; Moses' eyes widen in horror; coldly and angrily shuts the doors] I WILL NOT BE THE WEAK LINK! Tell your people, as of today their work load has been doubled, thanks to your God. Or is thanks...to you?

Both: By the power of Ra.

Hotep: Mut.

Huy: Nut.

Hotep: Khnum.

Huy: Ptah.

Hotep: Nephthys.

Huy: Nekhbet.

Hotep: Sobek.

Huy: Sekhmet. Sokar. Selket. Reshpu. Wadjet. Anubis. Anukis. Seshmu. Meshkent.

Hotep: Hemsut.

Huy: Tefnut.

Hotep: Heket.

Huy: Mafdet.

Hotep: [singing] Ra, Mut, Nut, Ptah. Hemsut, Tefnut, Sokar, Selket. Seshmu, Reshpu, Sobek, Wadjet. Heket, Mafdet, Nephthys, Nekhbet, Ra! So you think you've got friends in high places with the power to put us on the run.

Huy: [singing] Well, forgive us these smiles on our faces. You'll know what power is when we are done.

Both: Son.

Hotep: [singing] You're playing with the big boys now.

Huy: [singing] Playing with the big boys now.

Hotep: [singing] Oh, that's pretty. Every spell and gesture.

Huy: [singing] Tells you who's the best.

Both: [singing] You're playing with the big boys now. You're playing with the big boys now. You're playing with the big boys now.

Hotep: [singing] Stop this foolish mission!

Huy: [singing] Watch a true magician!

Both: [singing] Give an exhibition how!

Huy: [singing] Pick up your silly twig, boy!

Both: [singing] You're playing with the big boys now!

Hotep: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Priests: [singing] By the power of Ra, Mut, Nut, Khnum, Ptah, Sobek, Sekhmet, Sokar, Selket, Anubis, Anukis, Hemsut, Tefnut, Meshkent, Mafdet!

Both: [singing] You're playing with the big boys now! You're playing with the big boys now! By the might of Horus, you will kneel before us! Kneel to our splendorous power!

Hotep: [singing] You put up a front!

Huy: [singing] You put up a fight!

Hotep: [singing] And just to show we feel no spite.

Huy: [singing] You can be our acolyte.

Hotep: [singing] But first, boy. It's time to bow.

Priests: Kowtow! Or it's your own grave you'll dig, boy. You're playing with the big boys. Playing with the big boys. Playing with the big boys. Playing with the big boys! Playing with the big boys! Playing with the big boys! Playing with the big boys now!

Huy: They love it.

Moses: Rameses.

Rameses: Moses? Is it really?

Rameses: [hugs Moses] Moses!

Moses: Rameses!

Rameses: Where have you been? I took you for dead.

Rameses: Look at you!

Moses: Pharaoh.

Rameses: Well, look at you. What on earth are you dressed as?

Moses: Oh, Rameses, it's so good to see you.

Hotep: Excuse me, Your Majesty. We are compelled to remind you this man committed a serious crime against the gods.

Huy: We are loathe to bring it up, mind you.

Hotep: The law clearly states the punishment for such a crime...

Huy: Death!

Hotep: We hesitate to say it.

Rameses: Be still. Pharaoh speaks. I am the morning and the evening star.

Moses: Rameses.

Rameses: It shall be as I say. I pardon forever all crimes of which he stands accused and will have it known that he is our brother Moses, the prince of Egypt.

Moses: Rameses, in my heart, you are my brother, but things cannot be as they were.

Rameses: I see no reason why not.

Moses: You know I am a Hebrew, and the God of the Hebrews came to me.

Rameses: What?

Moses: He commands that you let his people go.

Rameses: Commands?

Moses: [raises his stick; puts his stick down, then transforming into a snake] Behold, the power of God.

Rameses: [chuckling] Well, uh, impressive. Hmm. Very well, Moses. I'll play along. Hotep. Huy. Give this snake charmer our answer.

Tzipporah: But, Moses, you are just one man.

Moses: [sighing] Tzipporah, please. Look at your family.

Moses: They are free. They have a future. They have hopes and dreams and the promise of a life with dignity. That is what I want for my people. And that is why I must do the task that God has given me.

Tzipporah: I'm coming with you.

Moses: [touches Tzipporah, then kissing Tzipporah; gets up, then walks away, then opens a curtain, looking at the sky by the sheep, then inhaling, then walking by the sheep, then petting the sheep, then the sheep runs away, then sighing, then walking up; he walks inside a cave by God, then looking at it, then getting down by God, then touching the fire, holding a stick, then the head touches a fire] I love you. It's too early for this.

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: [from Moses' memory] You are born of my mother Yocheved! You are our brother!

Moses: [quickly removes his sandals and throws them behind him] What do You want with me?

God: [sounds of screaming and whipping of an old man from Moses' memory] I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and have heard their cry.

Young Moses: [from Moses' memory] Stop it! Leave that man alone!

God: So I have come to deliver them out of slavery and bring them into a good land. A land flowing with milk and honey. And so, unto Pharaoh, I shall send...you.

Moses: Me? Who am I to lead these people? They'll never believe me, they won't even listen.

God: [Moses' words "Let my people go!" is heard in his vision] I shall teach you what to say.

Moses: But I was their enemy. I was the prince of Egypt, the son of the man who slaughtered...their children! You've...you've chosen the wrong messenger. H-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!

God: [puts Moses down on the ground, and vanishes] Oh, Moses. I will be with you when you go to the king of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen. So I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders! Take the staff in your hand, Moses. With it, you shall do My wonders! I shall be with you, Moses.

Jethrodiadah: [to Moses] Psst! Sit with me!

Moses: [sits down with Tzipporah's sisters and picks up the fruit and is about to eats it] Alright.

Ajolidoforah: [to Moses] Psst! Not yet!

Moses: [puts the the fruit back into the bowl] Oh, sorry.

Jethro: My children! Let us give thanks for this bountiful food, and let us also give thanks for the presence of this brave young man whom we honor here tonight.

Moses: [Tzipporah is surprised by these words. So is Jethro] Please, sir, I wish you wouldn't. I've done nothing in my life worth honoring.

Jethro: [pinches Tzipporah's cheek playfully; walks over and hugs Tzipporah's sisters; singing] First you rescue Tzipporah from Egypt, then you defend my younger daughters from brigands. You think that is nothing? It seems you do not know what is worthy of honor. A single thread in a tapestry though its color brightly shine

Crowd: [singing] La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. La, la-la-la-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la. Lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-la.

Jethrodiadah: Dance with me.

Young Moses: No, I don't know how.

Jethro: [singing] A lake of gold in the desert sand is less than a cool, fresh spring

Tzipporah: Dance with me.

Moses: No, I... No. No!

Jethro: [singing] You must learn to join the dance. You must learn to join the dance!

Crowd: [singing] La-la-la, lee-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai. Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai! Lai-lai-lai-lai, lee-lai-lai, lai-lai-lai-lai-lai! So how do you judge what a man is worth by what he builds or buys,

Young Moses: [getting out of the desert wind; drags him on the ground, then he continues dragging on the ground, by sheep, then hitting by a well, then putting the face in the water, all wet, then the sheep spits water out, later a girl just shriek off-screen.] Hey, wait. Please.

Girl: What are you doing? Help! Let our sheep drink! Leave us alone! Get away! Stop it! My father's the high priest of Midian. You're going to be in big trouble.

Young Moses: Hey, you. Aren't these your camels? Hut-hut!

Man: [they both run to get the camels] No, no! No, no! Wait! Wait, stop!

Tzipporah: What are you girls doing?

Boy: We're trying to get the funny man out of the well.

Tzipporah: [gasping] Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well, that's one I've never heard before. Oh, my. Oh, uh, don't worry down there! Uh, we'll get you out. Hold on!

Tzipporah: You.

Young Moses: Huh?

Tzipporah: [lets go of the well, falling in as retribution for what happened; walks away] Mm-hmm.

Girl: That's why papa says she'll never get married.

Young Moses: [laughing] You don't have to do this. Ladies, please, I'm really... I'm really quite... No, not there, please. That tickles. Ladies, you've cleaned every inch of me. Whoa, I... I was wrong.

Jethro: [hugs Young Moses; walks away, laughing] Let me through. Let me through. I want to see him. Ah! You are most welcome. You should not be a stranger in this land. You have been sent as a blessing. And, tonight, you shall be my honored guest.

Tzipporah: My father, Jethro, high priest of Midian.

Young Rameses: [puts scrolls down] Last night, the gods granted me a vision. I'm not merely going to restore this temple, I will make it more grand, more splendid than any other one in Egypt.

Man: [whip cracks the bag] Get up!

Young Rameses: Moses! Look. Fate has turned our little misadventure into a great opportunity.

Guard: Get up, old man!

Aaron: Father will be so pleased...

Guard: Put your back into it! Faster!

Young Rameses: This is just the beginning. A gateway will open to an entire new city of white limestone, more dazzling than the sun. And here, a statue of Hapi.

Guard: [whip cracks the man] I said, hurry!

Young Rameses: ...two great column halls.

Miriam: Stop it! Somebody's got to stop this!

Aaron: There's nothing we can do.

Young Moses: [quietly; louder] Stop it. Stop. STOP IT! LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE!

Young Rameses: Moses!

Kahma: Out of my way. Out of my way. Move! Who did this?

Man: Up there! It's him. Up there.

Miriam: Moses!

Young Rameses: Moses, what's going on? Moses!

Young Rameses: Moses! Moses!

Young Moses: Let me go!

Young Rameses: No, wait.

Young Moses: You saw what happened. I just killed a man!

Young Rameses: We can take care of that! I... I will make it so it never happened!

Young Moses: Nothing you can say can change what I've done.

Young Rameses: I am Egypt! The morning and the evening star! If I say day is night, it will be written! And you will be what I say you are! I say you are innocent!

Young Moses: What you say does not matter. You don't understand. I can't stay here any longer...!

Young Rameses: Moses!

Young Moses: No! All I've ever known to be true is a lie! I'm not who you think I am.

Young Rameses: What are you talking about?

Young Moses: [walks away] Go ask the man I once called "Father.

Young Rameses: Moses? Please...

Young Moses: [with sad finality; walks away] Goodbye, brother.

Young Rameses: Moses! Moses!

Queen Taya: Moses?

Young Moses: Is this where you found me?

Queen Taya: Moses, please try to understand.

Young Moses: So... So everything I thought, everything I am, is a lie.

Queen Taya: No. You are our son, and we love you.

Young Moses: Why did you choose me?

Queen Taya: [walks down the stairs, then sitting down, then singing] We didn't, Moses. The gods did. 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.

Young Moses: [to himself] Well...alright...

Tzipporah: [whispers] Shh, come on.

Young Moses: Guards!

Guards: [approach him] Prince Moses.

Young Moses: [stares at Tzipporah, then he addresses the guards] There's...a man...tied up in my room. Well, look into it!

Guards: [run off] Right away, sir!

Tzipporah: [whispers to Miriam] Please, I need water. I have a long journey ahead of me.

Miriam: [giving her water] May God protect you.

Tzipporah: [climbs onto her camel; rides off] Thank you. Hut-hut!

Miriam: [looking up to Moses; recognizing Moses] Oh, I am so sorry...I...please forgive me...I...I didn't expect to see you... here! Of all places at our door. Hmm. At last!

Young Moses: [confused] At last?

Miriam: [hugging Aaron] Didn't I tell you, Aaron? Didn't I tell you? He would return to us when he was ready.

Aaron: [whispers] Miriam, do you want us flogged?

Miriam: [to Moses] I knew you cared about our freedom!

Aaron: [whispers] Miriam...

Young Moses: [chuckles] Freedom? Why would I care about that?

Miriam: Because you...you're our brother.

Young Moses: [scoffs] What?

Miriam: [her face fell; Long pauses; sighs] They... they never told you?

Young Moses: Who never told me what?

Miriam: [pausize; that Moses didn't remember; reaches to touch his hand] B-But you're here! You must know.

Young Moses: [pulling away] Be careful, slave!

Aaron: [pulls Miriam back nervously] Oh, my good prince...um, she...she's exhausted from the day's work. Not that it was too much! We...We quite enjoyed it, but-but ah, she's confused, and knows not to whom she speaks.

Miriam: [breaks his grip] I know "to whom I speak", Aaron! I know who you are, and you are not a prince of Egypt!

Aaron: Miriam-!

Young Moses: What did you say?!

Aaron: Your Highness, pay her no heed! C-C-Come, Miriam. May I discuss something with you?

Miriam: [fighting him] No, Aaron. No! Please, Moses, you must believe!

Aaron: That's enough.

Miriam: You were born of my mother, Yocheved!

Aaron: Stop it!

Miriam: [breaks free of Aaron] You are our brother!

Young Moses: Now you go too far. You should be punished!

Aaron: [throws himself on ground between them; starts dragging her away] NO! Please...uh, Your Highness...she's ill! She's very ill; we beg your forgiveness. Please, Miriam; l-let's go!

Miriam: No, Aaron! Our mother set you adrift in a basket to save your life!

Aaron: Miriam!

Young Moses: Save my life?! From who?!

Miriam: [still struggling] Ask the man that you call father!

Young Moses: [angrily; Aaron gives up and stands beside a wall, looking away] How dare you...?!

Miriam: God saved you to be our deliverer!

Young Moses: Enough of this!

Miriam: And you are, Moses. You are the deliverer.

Young Moses: [yelling at her; grabs her arm, throws her to ground; stomps off] I SAID ENOUGH! You will regret this night.

Miriam: [weeps; singing; Moses stops walking, and hears a familiar lullaby] Hush now, my baby. Be still now. 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.

Man: Did you see him? It's Moses.

Young Moses: [continues running away, then looking at the temple, then he continues running away, then singing] Gleaming in the moonlight, cool and clean and all I've ever known. All I ever wanted. Sweet perfumes of incense and graceful rooms of alabaster stone. All I ever wanted. This is my home. With my father, mother, and brother. Oh, so noble, oh, so strong. Now I am home, here among my trappings and belongings, I belong. And if anybody doubts it, they couldn't be more wrong. I am a sovereign prince of Egypt. A son of the proud history that's shown etched on every wall. Surely, this is all I ever wanted. All I ever wanted. All I ever wanted.

Seti: [approaches the weeping Moses] The Hebrews grew too numerous. They might have risen against us.

Young Moses: [on the brink of tears] Father, tell me you didn't do this.

Seti: Moses, sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.

Young Moses: Sacrifices?

Seti: [taking Moses tenderly into his arms] Oh, my son...they were only slaves.

Young Moses: Well, that went well.

Young Rameses: Just go away.

Young Moses: Could've been worse.

Young Rameses: The weak link in the chain. That's what he called me.

Young Moses: Well, you are rather pathetic.

Young Rameses: Irresponsible, ignorant of the traditions. He practically accused me of bringing down the dynasty!

Young Moses: [laughs] Yeah, I can see it now. There go the pyramids!

Young Rameses: [leaps down] You can laugh about it.

Young Moses: Statues cracking and toppling over, the Nile drying up; single-handedly, you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruin.

Young Rameses: Tell me this, Moses, tell me this: why is it that every time you start something, I'm the one who ends up in trouble?

Hotep: [spits out punch] Oh! Man!

Huy: Oh!

Hotep: Ah! Rameses, you're in trouble, young man!

Huy: Rameses, get down here! I think you owe us an apology!

Hotep: Oh, my new thing!

Huy: I am so upset!

Young Moses: [hands Rameses a bowl of wine] You might as well.

Hotep: You'll pay for this!

Huy: We're going to tell the Pharaoh!

Hotep: Oh, look at me! I'm drenched again!

Young Moses: Hey, I figured it out. You know what your problem is, Rameses?

Young Rameses: What?

Young Moses: You care too much.

Young Rameses: And your problem is that you don't care at all.

Young Moses: Well, in that case, I supposed that you care a lot more than I do that we're...late for the banquet, for example.

Young Rameses: I'm done for! Father will kill me!

Young Moses: [They enter, but the entire crowd sees them and cheers loudly] Don't worry, nobody will even notice us comin in.

Young Rameses: Nobody will even notice?

Tuya: [approaches them; hugs her sons, then sides to her real son; Rameses walks off] Ah, the young princes! Rameses, you were just named Prince Regent. You are now responsible for overseeing all the temples. I suggest you get over there and thank your father. Apparently, Moses...someone thought he "just needed the opportunity".

Young Moses: [approaches Rameses and Seti] My lord, Pharaoh! I propose that the high priests offer tribute to their new Regent!

Seti: An excellent idea! Hotep! Huy!

Hotep: [Whispers] Huy?

Huy: What?

Hotep: The Midian girl...

Huy: [chuckles] Oh! Good idea!

Hotep: [Huy runs off. He addresses the guests and performs a magic spell; a large box-like construction rises from the floor, revealing an attractive young woman named Tzipporah, riding a camel. Huy restrains her by her hands with a rope. Moses and Rameses are enthralled] Go get her. By the power of Ra! We present for your delectation and delight, an exotic apparition stolen from faraway lands. We offer you this...delicate desert flower.

Young Rameses: [Tzipporah tries to bites, his hand missed] Let us inspect this "desert flower"... Ehhg! More like a desert cobra.

Young Moses: Not much of a snake-charmer, are you?

Young Rameses: [pushes Moses to her] That's why I give her to you.

Young Moses: [tries to back away from Tzipporah] No, no, no. That's generous, but-

Tzipporah: [to Moses] I won't be given to anyone, especially an arrogant, pampered palace brat!

Young Rameses: [chuckles; Tzipporah groans trying to the ropes off her wrists while Moses gets Rameses off of him] Are you gonna let her talk to you like that?

Young Moses: [points at Tzipporah] You will show the proper respect for a prince of Egypt.

Tzipporah: [pulls rope away from Hotep and Huy] But I am showing you all the respect you deserve. None!

Young Moses: [grabs the rope] No, wait! Be still!

Tzipporah: I demand you set me free!

Young Moses: Be still!

Tzipporah: Let go!

Young Moses: [noticed the pond; let it go of the rope, causing Tzipporah to scream her clothes slipping off her naked and fall backwards into the pond to see her butt] As you wish.

Young Rameses: [approaches, laughing; to the servants who lead Tzipporah out of the pond; to Seti; places the blue ring on Moses' finger] You there! Have her dried off, and sent to Prince Moses's chambers. If it pleases you, Father, my first act of Regent is to appoint Moses as Royal Chief Architect!

Young Moses: Ha, ha!

Young Moses: Hey, Rameses, how'd you like to have your face carved on a wall?

Young Rameses: Someday, yes!

Young Moses: [pushes Rameses' chariot into a wall] How about now?!

Young Rameses: You almost killed me!

Young Moses: Oh, come on! Where's your sense of fun?

Young Rameses: Oh, it's fun you want!

Young Rameses: Moses?

Young Rameses: Come on, Moses, admit it. You've always looked up to me.

Young Moses: [laughing; the piece lands on the horses, then pulling back] Yes, but it's not much of a view! Hyah! Whoo!

Man: Hey!

Young Rameses: Second born, second place!

Young Moses: [he jumps away from the wooden floor, breaking it completely, then they run on top, then they laughing, then they slide down by the men with Hotep and Huy, knocking everybody over, then they slide down by sand like a wave of water, then they jump off] Jump!

Young Rameses: You don't think we'll get in trouble for this, do you?

Young Moses: No, not a chance.

Seti: Why do the gods torment me with such reckless, destructive, blasphemous sons?

Young Rameses: Father, hear what I say-

Seti: Be still, Pharaoh speaks! I seek to build an empire, and your only thought is to amuse yourselves by tearing it down. Have I taught you nothing?

Hotep: You mustn't be so hard on yourself, Your Majesty. You're an excellent teacher.

Huy: It's not your fault your sons learned "nothing".

Hotep: Well, they learned blasphemy.

Huy: [They both leaves] True.

Young Moses: Father, the fault is mine. I goaded Rameses on, and so I am responsible.

Seti: [to Rameses] Humph. "Responsible". And do you understand the meaning of that word, Rameses?

Young Rameses: I understand, Father.

Seti: And do you understand the task for which your birth has destined you? The ancient traditions: when I pass into the next world, then you will be the Morning and Evening Star.

Young Rameses: One damaged temple does not destroy centuries of tradition.

Seti: [points at Rameses; the Queen relieves him. He then sighs in exasperation] But one weak link can break the chain of a mighty dynasty! You have my leave to go.

Young Rameses: [The Queen stops him and he leaves, frustrated] Father...

Young Moses: Father, you know it was really my fault. Must you be so hard on him?

Seti: Moses, you will never have to carry a burden like the crown I will pass to Rameses. He must not allow himself to be lead astray; not even by you, my son.

Young Moses: All he cares about is...is your approval. I know he will live up to your expectations. He only needs the opportunity.

Seti: [considering] Maybe, maybe so. Go now, I shall see you both tonight.

Men: [singing] Mud! Sand! Water! Straw! Faster! Mud and lift! Sand and pull! Water, and raise up! Straw!

Guard: Faster!

Men: [continues singing] With the sting of the whip, on my shoulder!

Men: [singing] 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!

Yocheved: [singing] Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach, al ti-ra veh al tif-cha-d. 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.

Men: [singing] 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: [singing; kisses the baby, then closing the top, then she continues singing] 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.

Young Miriam: [singing] Brother, you're safe now and safe may you stay, for I have a prayer just for you. Grow, baby brother, come back someday. Come and deliver us, too.

Rameses: Mommy!

Queen Taya: Come, Rameses. We will show Pharaoh your new baby brother, Moses.

Men: [singing] Deliver us send a shepherd to shepherd us and deliver us to the promised land! Deliver us to the promised land!

Yocheved: [singing] Deliver us!

Yocheved: [singing] River, O, River / Flow gently for me / Such precious cargo you bear / Do you know somewhere he can be free? / River, deliver him there.

Hotep and Huy: [repeated line] By the power of Ra!

Overseers: [chanting] Mud...sand...water...straw. Faster! Mud...and lift...sand...and pull...water...and raise up! Straw...faster!

Aaron: Miriam, do you want us flogged?

Miriam: Moses, hear what I say. I've been a slave all my life. And God has never answered my prayers until now. God saved you from the river, He saved you in all your wanderings, and even now, He saves you from the wrath of Pharaoh. God will not abandon you. So don't you abandon us.

Tzipporah: Look. Look at your people, Moses. They are free.

God: With this staff, you shall do, My wonders!

Rameses: [last lines] Moses! MOSES!

Rameses: [after the death of his son; Moses tries to comfort him; jerks off] You...and your people...have my permission...to go. LEAVE ME!

Rameses: [chuckling] Well, uh, impressive. Hmm. Very well, Moses. I'll play along. Hotep. Huy. Give this snake charmer our answer.

Rameses: Faster, you beasts! You run like mules!

Moses: [to Buka] Stop it. Stop! Stop it! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!!!

Moses: [to Rameses] Goodbye, brother.