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>> Gomorrah! Gomorrah!

Gomorrah! Gomorrah!

Gomorrah! Gomorrah!

( chanting continues )

>> Sodom! Sodom! Sodom!

>> Sodom four.

Gomorrah four.

>> ( horn blows )

>> ( shouting )

>> ( crowd cheering )

>> ( shouting )

>> ( screeching )

>> ( groaning )

>> Lot! Lot!

>> ( groans )

Oh, Noah.

>> What happened?

>> Some coward stabbed

me in the back.

>> Where in the back?

>> I can't sit down.

>> Oh.

And you, Micah?

>> Oh, I'm done for, Noah.

It's death and darkness for me.

I'm a cold shadow.

Throw me into the nearest

cesspit.

>> ( screams )

>> ( shouting )

>> ( cheering )

>> It's over.

>> But who won?

>> Who lost?

>> Sodom! Sodom!

>> Go on, finish him!

>> ( chanting ) Sodom!

>> ( cheering )

>> ( laughs )

>> Feeling better, Lot?

>> Happier.

>> You survived.

>> Come on, hit me!

>> Death, go thy ways.

I've years of life ahead of me.

>> ( man gasping )

>> Give a cheer, Noah.

It's a great day to be alive.

>> ( gurgles )

>> ( horn blows )

>> ( cheering )

>> ( music playing )

>> ( laughing )

>> ( cheering, whooping )

>> Noah, this is the best

part of fighting.

Wine, women, and-- shut up!

And song.

Don't much care about the song

as long as there's plenty

of wine and women.

( laughs )

Aren't you staying for the orgy?

>> I'm sick to my stomach

from all this.

I only hope God understands

that I'm just doing my duty

as a citizen, helping the city

of my birth.

>> What god is that?

>> God of us all.

>> Not the god of Sodom

and Gomorrah.

>> No, sadly.

>> Where is he, Noah?

Where does he dwell?

>> It seems to me

He's in the earth,

in the sea, the air we breathe.

He's all around us, Lot.

>> Oh.

Hmm.

Though no one can see him.

>> That's true.

>> Or hear him.

>> Maybe so.

>> That's mighty convenient.

How did you come to him,

this god of yours?

>> I don't know.

>> Oh, Noah.

You are my oldest friend

and I love you like a brother,

but you're getting

odder by the day.

No wonder people say

you're touched in the head.

But you've got a good heart.

>> Do you want me to tell your

wife that you'll be home

in a few days?

>> Yes.

Tell her I have to rest up.

I'm wounded.

You know, I usually take her

everywhere with me

because it's better than

having to kiss her good-bye.

( laughs )

>> You and your wife

are like two peeves in a pod.

>> ( laughs )

>> Come with me.

Come with me.

>> You're joking.

>> Take care, my friend.

>> And you.

>> ( woman laughs ) Wait.

Wait for me.

>> Where's he going?

This is the best part of war.

Makes it all worthwhile.

He's a strange one.

>> He's the best man

you'll ever know.

Say another word against him

and I'll rip your heart out.

>> ( people shouting )

>> ( rooster crows )

>> Good killing.

Wish I'd been there.

I'd have taken one or two,

you can be certain.

>> Let go! ( screams )

>> Man: We can finish off

Gomorrah.

>> Let's spare some.

They'll make good slaves.

>> Be rich pickings for us.

Rich pickings.

>> ( men laughing )

>> You all right?

Were you wounded?

>> I'm all right, my dear.

>> We heard that you won

a great battle.

>> We won.

>> Was it terrible?

>> Duty or no duty,

I'll never do it again,

I swear.

>> Well, you're all right.

That's all that matters.

I'll call the children.

Boys, boys.

Come and see who's here.

Come on.

>> Shemi!

>> Father!

What was it like?

>> Dad! Dad! You're home!

Dad!

>> Hurry!

>> I missed you lads.

>> Father,

how many did you kill?

>> What was it like?

>> Tell me.

>> Was it scary?

>> You must have danced

and sung when you won, Father.

>> You must have killed

hundreds.

>> I didn't kill anyone.

>> Did you bring us anything?

>> Did you bring us a sword

as a keepsake?

>> Somebody's ear.

Did you bring us an enemy ear?

>> Shh.

>> Or a nose?

No one has a Gomorrah nose.

We can put it on the mantel.

>> Oh, boys, your father's

come a long way to see us.

He's tired. Let him rest.

>> All right, Mother.

>> We'll talk about this later.

>> We should just be

grateful that he's home.

>> Come on,

get some rest, Father.

>> Sleep well.

>> This killing, destruction.

My own son thinks it's right.

Am I the only person

who is wrong?

>> No, you're not wrong.

>> Who said that?

Who said that?

>> I'm the Lord God.

Creator of Heaven and Earth.

>> Is it really You, God?

Is it You?

>> Yes, it's Me, Noah.

>> But You speak with my voice.

>> Of course.

I'm the creator.

Your voice is My voice.

My voice is everywhere.

Now listen carefully.

We haven't much time.

Mankind has turned wicked,

forgotten how to listen.

You alone, Noah, have remained

pure enough, and therefore

you can still hear Me.

I want you to come to the top

of Mt. Topek.

>> Mt. Topek?

Why the top of Mt. Topek?

>> I'm waiting for you

on the top of Mt. Topek.

>> Can You explain to my

wife Naamah that I'm going

under Your orders?

I've just gotten back, you see.

>> She will come to understand.

>> But...

>> Trust Me and have faith.

For you, Noah,

are my chosen one.

>> Me?

But, Lord...

>> Mt. Topek.

>> Lord?

>> ( rooster crows )

>> I spoke to God.

>> Yes.

>> I spoke to God

and He answered me.

>> What did He say?

>> He said He wants me

to go to Mt. Topek

to speak to Him again.

>> Oh, He did, did He?

>> Naamah,

God spoke to me.

It's true.

>> You still haven't told us

about the fighting and the

killing, Father.

>> We won't have anything

to boast about.

>> Killing people isn't

something for boasting, son.

This is done.

>> Don't you like

doing it, Father?

>> The Lord God doesn't like it.

>> But everyone does it.

>> That's why He's so angry.

>> Has He told you, Father?

>> No, but I know He is.

>> You know a lot about God,

don't you?

>> Almost nothing.

But it's more than most people.

Get to work.

>> That must make you

very proud, Father.

>> Remember the story about

the little boy.

So proud he turned into a bee

humming and buzzing.

>> ( buzzing )

>> ( laughing )

>> Here I come.

>> Stop it.

>> No!

>> Got you!

>> All right, that's it.

That's enough fooling around.

Let's get back to work now.

>> Noah, Lot's wife is here.

>> Where is my husband?

>> He's coming back

with the army.

>> Why didn't he

come back with you?

>> He was wounded.

>> Wounded?

Oh, wounded.

A likely story.

He will use any excuse

not to come home.

When they were raising the army,

he was the first one

to volunteer.

The recruiting officer

only had to say to him,

"We want you to--"

and he said, "Yes" and he was

out the door in a flash.

And don't think

that I don't know that you

are his best friend

and you are in it together.

>> There is no need to be

abusive.

>> Abusive?

I am never abusive.

I am hot-tempered.

Never abusive.

>> Mother, is that why Lot

doesn't want to come home?

>> ( screams )

>> ( laughing )

>> Close your eyes.

>> I'll start out for Mt. Topek

this afternoon.

The sooner I go,

the sooner I'll get back.

No argument?

>> When it comes to the Lord,

I have decided never to argue.

>> You always argue,

Lord or no Lord.

>> Yes, because I love you.

>> Boys.

Come here.

I'll be away for five days.

I want you to take care

of your mother and be good.

>> In what order, Father?

>> Do both at the same time.

>> ( men shouting )

>> ( dog barking )

>> I'm out of breath.

I ate too much.

Naamah's a good wife,

but a bad cook.

She can burn water.

I remember that stray dog

she fed.

Didn't leave.

Couldn't move.

And yet, after all these years,

one glance from her

can flood my soul.

Hello?

Lord?

It's me, Noah.

I've arrived.

I'm here.

Lord?

Lord?

I've come a long way.

>> Noah, I'm here.

>> Lord.

>> I'm here waiting patiently,

as I told you I would be.

>> Why have You asked me

to come here?

>> I have some rather

shocking news for you.

Sodom and Gomorrah

are to be destroyed.

>> Sodom and Gomorrah?

>> By fire and brimstone

because they have become

an abomination to me.

My creation, Noah.

My child.

>> Will everyone perish?

>> Everyone.

Except you, Noah.

You must take your family

and leave Sodom immediately.

>> But Sodom's our home.

>> Immediately!

>> But how do I know

You are who You say You are?

>> Perhaps it's too early

to ask you to have faith.

Do you need a sign, Noah?

>> It wouldn't come amiss.

>> Go back down the mountain.

Now. Now!

>> I'm going. I'm going.

>> Is that sign enough

for you, Noah?

>> More than enough, Lord.

>> You and your family

leave Sodom.

Hurry. There's hardly time.

>> Is there no chance

to save it, Lord?

>> Save it?

>> It's my hometown.

>> Nothing would please me more.

Could you find me 50 righteous

people still living there?

>> 50?

Could You make it 10?

>> Very well.

If you can show me 10 truly

righteous people,

Sodom is saved.

>> Thank You, Lord.

>> Uh-uh-uh-uh.

Be careful.

Watch your step, Noah.

>> 50 from Sodom?

>> I knocked it down to 10.

I've got to give Him a list

of 10 truly righteous people.

Well, there's Lot for one.

>> I wouldn't exactly call

Lot righteous.

>> No, but he's a good friend.

And he's the cousin of your

no-good brother Obdi,

so he's family.

>> Very distant.

>> What about his wife?

>> She has got a tongue like

a saw and a temper to match.

She's filled with envy

and bitterness.

I don't think she's ever

helped anyone.

>> But she is his wife.

>> Very well.

That's two.

>> Good.

>> What about...

Nathan?

>> That old goat sleeps with

young girls, very young girls.

Better to pick Jerome.

>> Jerome does it with boys.

What about Jerem?

>> Jerem is sleeping with

Joshua's wife.

>> Oh, no.

You must know some truly

righteous women in Sodom.

>> Oh. Oh, yes.

There's...

Oh, there's--

no, she--

she wouldn't do.

Oh, no, she--

how about--

oh, no.

That wouldn't work.

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

I don't know one.

Sorry.

>> We've got to put our heads

together and think.

We've got two we can recommend

to the Lord God.

We must be able to come up

with another eight.

>> So what do we have?

>> Lot and his wife.

>> Maybe that's why the Lord

God let me pick 10.

He knew I wouldn't be able to

without cheating.

If I had cheated,

He'd have known.

Time for bed.

Naamah.

>> Don't be too long, my dear.

>> I couldn't find 10

righteous people to recommend,

Lord, without cheating.

Except Lot and his wife.

>> And I'm none too happy

with them.

>> Then Sodom and Gomorrah

are doomed.

>> They're already marked

down in the book.

You must leave tomorrow

before noon.

And neither you nor Lot nor

your families must look back.

>> Why not, Lord?

>> You'll be tempted to return

and help those condemned to die.

Set your face against their

screams for help, Noah.

You can do nothing for them.

>> ( people shouting )

>> Why are we leaving, Mother?

>> Because people have broken

God's law and He's going to

punish them for it.

>> Why do people anger Him

if they're going to be punished

for it?

>> Well, you boys find it hard

to be good, too, don't you?

People find being good hard

and they try to shake it off.

>> But if God created people,

why'd He create them so they

broke His laws?

>> Some questions don't have

answers, Ham.

But go on asking them.

I do.

>> This city is going to be

destroyed tonight.

>> What?

>> You'll be safe if you

and your wife leave now.

>> I don't want to leave.

>> And don't look back.

>> Noah, who told you this?

>> God.

There's no time to explain.

I've never lied to you.

>> Just leave.

>> Noah, Noah.

>> Don't look back.

>> What did that

old fool want, Lot?

>> What was Noah doing here

at this time of the morning?

>> He's my best friend.

>> Why?

I have never understood why.

You have nothing in common.

>> Noah's the only friend

I know who's happy purely

because I'm happy.

>> Your happy friend threw me

in a vat of red dye.

>> So?

>> So?

So? Is that all you can say?

>> So what?

( stifled laugh )

>> Marrying you must have been

love at first sight,

because if I had taken a second

look, I would have turned

around and ran.

>> The trouble with you is

somebody once told you to be

yourself.

I'm going.

>> Oh, going? Going? Good.

I wish you were gone.

Going where?

>> Noah said Sodom was going

to be destroyed tonight.

You can stay here

using up air if you like.

I'm going.

>> I'm staying.

>> Good-bye.

>> Good-bye.

>> ( chicken clucking )

>> Come on!

>> Get away!

>> What are you doing?

>> I don't want anybody

robbing us.

>> There is nothing

worth stealing.

>> Whose fault is that?

You're a jack-of-all-trades

and out of work in all of them.

My mother always said that you

would start at the bottom

and work your way down.

>> Your mother.

Your mother's mouth is so big,

she can whisper in her own ear.

>> Is this a provoked quarrel

or can anyone join in?

>> Where are you two going?

>> Well, you see, my husband

thinks that Sodom is going

to be destroyed tonight.

>> Are you drunk, Lot?

>> No, Lot only drinks

to calm himself.

Sometimes he gets so calm,

he can't move.

( laughs )

>> Mock on. Mock on.

>> The shame of it.

To be laughed at

by people like that.

I will never be able

to hold my head up

in decent society again.

Never!

Let go of me.

This is disgusting.

>> Where are we going, Father?

>> I don't know.

>> We can't wander the earth

without a place to call home.

>> The Lord God

is our North Star

and will show us the way.

It's nearly time.

>> Is God going to destroy

them all now?

>> Don't look back!

I told you not to look back.

>> They will unless you

do something.

>> Blindfold them.

Here, come here.

>> What's going to happen?

>> I'm frightened.

>> So am I.

>> Hang onto the cart.

Hang onto the cart, boys.

>> Why can't I look back?

Why can't I look back?

This is madness.

Not that I could see

our house from here.

It's so small.

Thanks to you, we have risen

from obscurity to oblivion.

>> I didn't know what happiness

was till I married you.

Now it's too late.

That's the way it is.

>> You don't deserve me.

>> I had the sweating sickness.

I didn't deserve that either.

Listen.

I've learnt to take each day

as it comes.

And I have a feeling

today is gonna be special.

>> I hope so after all

the trouble we've been through.

>> Come on.

>> Three cheers for

the soldiers of Sodom.

( laughs )

Make way for our

victorious army.

>> ( cheering )

>> Hey, hey!

>> ( blowing horn )

>> ( whip cracking )

>> ( jeering )

>> Hey, make way.

>> ( cheering in distance )

>> It's time.

>> ( rumbling )

>> Ham.

>> ( explosions )

>> ( screaming )

>> Help, please!

>> ( screaming )

>> Come on. Come on.

It's happening.

>> ( screaming )

>> It's happening!

Just like Noah said it would.

>> He was right for once.

I'll tell him I'm sorry.

I will. I will.

Do you think that the south

side of the city is being

destroyed, where all the big

houses are?

They never spoke to us.

Always with their noses

in the air.

I've got to see it.

>> Don't look. Don't look.

>> I've got to see it, Lot.

All those grand people

looking down on us.

Sneering behind their hands.

Micah and his wife

laughing at us.

They're not laughing now,

are they?

They're burning.

They're burning.

I've got to see it.

>> No!

>> You never let me do

anything I want.

I never have any fun.

I want some fun!

( gasps )

>> ( panting )

Oh, my dear.

Oh.

Oh.

I warned you.

( gasps )

>> ( explosion )

>> ( screaming continues )

>> ( screaming )

>> Father! Father, help me!

>> ( camel bellowing )

>> ( meows )

>> ( girl crying )

>> No! No!

>> ( screaming )

>> Keep pushing.

Keep pushing. We'll make it.

We'll make it.

>> Keep going.

>> ( screaming continues )

>> ( groans )

>> Come on, let's go again.

>> ( boys laughing )

>> Come on, on the hill.

>> Watch out for the rocks.

>> ( laughing )

>> We have a lot to learn

from children.

How to be happy for no

particular reason.

How to forget the worst.

>> I can't believe Sodom's gone.

Lucky you're on such

good terms with the Lord.

He must hold you dear,

for your prayers pierce

the heavens and He hears you.

>> He hears everyone.

The truth is, Naamah,

I don't know why He picked me.

>> The same reason I picked you.

You're a good man

with a good heart.

It was love at first sight.

>> It was love

at first sight, Naamah.

Dear Naamah.

I wonder it Lot escaped.

>> If he didn't, we're the only

ones who know what happened

to Sodom and Gomorrah.

>> Maybe we'll meet a scribe

one day who'll write it

all down so future generations

will know what happened.

>> Oh, you can't trust them.

Scribbling scribes have a very

bad reputation.

They change things.

By the time they finish the

story of Sodom and Gomorrah,

they'll probably say we

weren't even there.

>> They couldn't get that wrong.

I'm gonna...

speak with the...

Lord.

>> Well, while you're at it,

you might ask Him where

we're going.

>> Keep pulling.

>> Higher, higher.

>> Let me do it.

>> Is Father

talking to God again?

>> Yes.

>> Can he get God to give

me a donkey?

>> I've been thinking

about God.

Instead of letting people die

and having to make new ones,

why doesn't He just keep

the ones He's got now?

>> I'd like for all the bad

things to stop.

That will make everything

much easier.

We could all take a rest.

>> Well, leave it

to your father.

He knows how to talk

to the Lord.

>> Sometimes it looks like

he's just talking to himself.

>> Nobody knows what he's doing.

>> He looks so funny

when he's doing it.

>> Once

a piper came to our street

and he played so sweetly

that all who heard him

started dancing.

Even people who were just

passing by joined in the dance.

But a deaf man

who knew nothing about music

saw all these men and women

dancing in the street.

He thought they were all mad.

We're like that deaf man, boys.

We can't hear the music,

but your father can.

He's not mad.

He's just dancing.

>> We're going to Gerar.

That's between Kadesh and Shur.

>> What are we planning

to do there?

>> Be farmers.

>> What do you know about

farming?

>> Nothing.

We're in the hands of the Lord.

>> Farming?

Farming? Why farming?

We're shopkeepers.

What do we know about farming?

Goats and cabbages, that's all.

>> ( thunder rumbling )

>> Gerar.

>> Come on, boys, a little bit.

Little bit, now.

>> ( boys chatting )

>> Whoa, whoa.

Good day, friend.

Did you come over the pass?

>> We did, friend.

>> Hear that, Morab, huh?

We can get through.

Don't shake your head at me.

We're going to Sodom.

It's been meager pickings

around here, friend.

Just a few farmers

who won't buy spit.

No, we're going to Sodom.

That's where the money is.

>> Sodom's gone.

Destroyed. Deceased.

>> Up in smoke.

>> Burned! Poof!

Oh! Burn! Poof!

>> Life is filled

with such sadness and sorrow.

( sighs )

Sometimes I think

it's better not to be born

at all.

Who do you meet in a lifetime

who's that lucky?

How did it happen?

>> God destroyed them

for their wickedness.

>> Some religious thing, huh?

Oh.

Well, it just proved

don't meddle with religions.

It doesn't pay.

I've always concentrated on

profit.

I believe that all the evil

in the world comes from the fact

the gods didn't create

enough money in the first place.

There's something pure

and decent about money.

Can I--

can I interest you good people

in something?

Everything your heart

and hand desires.

Ribbons, gewgaws,

pots, pans, toys, hats.

Ah, hats for the family.

Hats.

>> Now, boys.

>> Yes, it's very hot in Gerar.

It hasn't rained in months.

You'll need hats

to keep off the sun.

( chuckles )

>> No, thank you.

>> Oh.

You are beautiful.

>> It's so beautiful.

>> This is where God,

Lord of all worlds,

wants us to be.

>> Come on.

Give it to me, it's mine.

Up the hill first.

>> You can't make silk purses

out of sow's ears.

>> They're going courting.

I want them to look

their very best.

You look very handsome, boys.

>> Take care, lads.

And watch out for trouble.

Don't let them jump on you.

Not the women, the neighbors.

>> ( laughs )

>> We don't want any

trouble, Father.

>> We won't have any.

They're frightened of us.

We're different.

>> You're different, all right.

On your way.

>> Wait, wait, wait.

>> ( man muttering )

>> It's a shrine to Mole,

the god of rain.

>> These people have a god

for everything.

>> None are very successful.

Just look at this place.

>> Yeah, but our God

is different.

It's just the one.

The one and only God.

>> Well, I suppose it makes

it easier praying to one god

instead of hundreds.

>> And He's obviously superior

to this bunch of failures.

>> The truth is, Noah,

everything is a miracle

and a wonder.

>> Miracle and a wonder.

You always find the right words.

>> And you find the words

behind the words.

Softer, fainter.

Behind them, the silence.

>> You're shivering, my dear.

>> Just fearful.

I'm always afraid when the boys

go into the village.

They hate us there.

They'll do us some mischief

if they can.

>> Where is everybody?

>> ( knocks )

>> Is Esther--

>> ( laughs )

>> ( knocks )

>> Man: Who is it?

>> Somebody else.

>> Woman: Who is it?

>> It's Shem.

>> Don't just stand there.

Come in.

>> What's going on?

Ruth?

Ruth?

>> ( woman crying )

My baby.

>> What happened? Where's Ruth?

>> Ham. Ham, they took her.

They took my baby girl.

>> Who took her?

>> The priests, to the temple.

>> Stay here.

>> I'll never see her again.

>> We'll have to fight.

>> We could do with some help.

>> We should have Father

with us.

>> I'm not waiting.

>> You won't have to.

He'll know we need him.

>> ( chanting ) Mole! Mole!

>> ( grunting )

>> I forget what

we're doing tonight.

>> You're sacrificing a virgin

to the rain god Mole.

>> What for?

>> Rain, what else?

Rain.

He's passed it.

>> We'll have to elect

ourselves a new one.

>> Rain?

Oh, yes, of course.

Of course, rain.

Isn't that little Ruth?

Why are we sacrificing her?

>> She's the only virgin we

could find on such short notice.

>> If we had more time...

>> Even then

it wouldn't be easy.

They're very hard to find.

>> But I've known little Ruth

since she was knee-high

to a cricket.

>> We've sacrificed chickens,

sheep, and bulls

and they didn't work.

>> Hello, my dear.

How's your mother?

>> Don't do that!

>> Let me be the first

to shake you by the throat!

>> Ahh!

>> ( shouting )

>> ( screaming )

>> This young woman

has gallantly made the supreme

sacrifice to save us.

With all reverence, we dedicate

her to the great god Mole

that he may reward

his followers

with the life-giving waters

of heaven.

>> ( chanting ) Kill! Kill!

>> ( Ruth screams )

>> Ruth!

>> ( screams )

>> Go, go, go.

>> Get him!

>> ( growls )

Ruth!

>> Kill the girl.

>> And these others.

They're foreigners.

And mad.

>> And you, you're the maddest

of them all next to your father.

>> How can you say that?

I'm courting your daughter

Esther.

I'm your future son-in-law.

Dad.

>> Kill him!

>> Stop this!

Since I tamed my anger,

I keep it in my pocket.

But when I need it,

I take it out.

I'm taking it out now.

Release them.

Go your ways.

>> Or else what can you do?

>> You came here

to take our land.

Our women.

>> Your crops grow

while ours fail.

>> He's a sorcerer.

>> Kill him, too.

>> And her.

>> ( crowd gasps )

>> Kill Noah. He's only one man.

>> I have the army of the Lord

on my side.

>> It's all lies.

>> Oh, good. Seize him!

>> Lord, it's Your turn.

>> ( crowd screaming )

>> What the Lord God did

to Sodom and Gomorrah,

He'll do to you, only worse.

>> What can He do worse?

>> ( rumbling )

>> ( screaming )

>> ( hissing )

>> Ha ha, missed me.

( gags )

>> Where's the light?

Where's the moon?

>> What's that you say?

I can't hear a thing.

Nothing.

>> I can't see!

>> I'm deaf.

>> ( wailing )

>> ( Ruth whimpers )

What took you so long?

>> Hello.

>> Oh, hello.

>> You have a beautiful farm.

Everyone else's is dust.

>> How do you do it?

>> I think it's that river.

>> What about that terrible wind

last month that blew everything

down except this place?

Doesn't make sense.

>> The Lord God looks after us.

>> We've decided to leave

worshiping Mole

and switch over to the Lord.

>> I think it's the sensible

thing to do.

>> It hasn't done us

much good yet.

>> Well, it takes a bit of time

for the Lord to get to know you,

to see if you're sincere.

He gets very annoyed

when people pray to Him

only when they want something.

>> Well, come on.

>> You'll need me.

If they try to take you again,

you'll need me.

>> Next time, I'll be ready.

>> There's an easier way

to protect yourself, Ruth.

They took you because you're

a virgin.

Now, if you weren't,

you wouldn't be in danger.

>> Don't try.

>> Women say they lost

their virginity.

Not true. They always know

who's got it.

Of course you'll protect

your honor.

Right down

to your dying breath.

But strictly between

the two of us....

is it really worse than death?

>> ( laughing )

Don't.

>> ( laughs )

>> They say that what happened

in the temple was a miracle.

I've never seen one.

What is a miracle, really?

>> Well, if a mute

told a deaf man

how a blind man saw a boy

with only one leg run

on water, that's a miracle.

>> Do you people believe

in free will, Shem?

>> We have to.

We've got no choice.

Why do you keep asking

questions?

>> Want to learn.

>> You're like me.

I'm always asking my father

questions.

>> Like what?

>> I ask him about love.

>> Oh?

What did he say?

>> He said

that where there's love,

one can sleep on a sword,

and where there's none,

a bed of 60 square feet

isn't enough.

>> ( laughs ) Shem.

>> What do you think about,

Japheth?

>> Mysteries.

Like...

like...

did God create animals

or people first?

And why isn't the sun out

at night when we need it most?

>> Mmm.

I think thoughts no one else

has ever thought before.

Like...

if we had fur like the animals,

we wouldn't have to

wear clothes, would we?

And another thing,

what are colds for?

>> Yes, I've wondered

about that, too.

>> You see?

We're made for each other.

>> ( croaking )

>> Noah, I have a great task

for you.

You must build Me an ark

300 cubits long.

>> Build a what?

>> Out of gopher wood.

>> Out of gopher wood?

I'm no builder, Lord.

>> Well, you're no farmer,

either, but you've prospered.

>> But 300 cubits long,

50 wide, 30 high, it's huge.

>> I think big.

I made the world in six days.

>> But how am I--

>> You see that stick

over there?

Yes, that one.

Pick it up.

Now draw.

( laughs )

>> ( hammering )

>> What is it?

>> Something I have to build.

>> What?

>> It's an ark.

>> A what?

>> An ark.

>> What's that?

>> It's a boat.

>> ( laughs )

>> What do you need a boat for?

>> It's for the Lord.

>> ( hammering )

>> ( people murmuring )

>> Here, your turn.

>> ( wood cracking )

>> Stand clear, boys.

It's going.

>> ( crowd laughing )

>> Here he comes. Here he comes.

>> He's as gone

as a gone goose.

All together now.

>> ♪ Water, water everywhere ♪

♪ But not a drop to drink ♪

♪ Water, water, see us stare ♪

♪ It's all gone down the sink. ♪

( laughing )

>> What do you want?

>> There's work to be done

at home, Father.

>> What's the use?

Nothing grows in this heat.

That's why we're here

having a laugh.

>> ( men laughing )

>> And it's cheap.

>> Right, once more

with feeling.

Everybody laugh.

>> ( all laughing )

>> They say your father's gone

completely mad, bad,

and dangerous to know.

>> Who told you that?

>> Is it catching?

>> Of course it isn't catching.

>> Oh, so he is mad?

>> He's a bit strange sometimes.

The Lord gives him orders.

>> So it's the Lord's fault.

This Lord is your god,

but he's got no priests,

no temples, and no statues

dedicated to him?

>> He doesn't like statues.

>> Nobody knows what he

looks like, nobody's ever

seen him, and your father

is the only person in the whole

world who's ever heard

him speak.

I think that makes

your father mad.

>> You do, do you?

>> Must run in the family.

( laughs )

>> Lord, we have to talk.

>> ( thunder rumbling )

>> Yes? I'm listening.

>> When do You want

this ark built?

>> Immediately.

If not sooner.

>> My family and I

can't do it alone.

There's only four of us.

>> Stop drinking, Noah.

You'll get more done.

>> I don't drink

when I'm working.

>> Then you must try to

hire some help.

>> I tried. I've tried.

They all think I'm...

mad.

>> I see.

I must help you

once again, Noah.

>> Oh, we'd be so grateful.

After all, we're doing this

out of faith alone.

We don't know what we're doing

or why we're doing it.

Or what...

>> Noah, you've made your point.

Now get to bed.

You'll have another heavy day

tomorrow.

>> Right, Lord.

Good night.

>> Good night, Noah.

Good night.

>> ( snoring )

( mumbling )

>> You are snoring.

>> ( snorts, mumbling )

>> How did this happen?

>> Don't ask.

>> What are all those

mysterical numbers and signs?

>> That's to help us

build the ark.

>> But what do they mean?

>> We don't know the code.

>> I do.

I know where every piece

of timber slots into place.

>> When did you learn

that, Father?

>> Last night.

Mumble, mumble, snore, snore.

Mumble, mumble, snore, snore.

He was learning how

to build the ark.

>> Let's get to work.

Hey.

>> ( hammering )

>> ( sawing )

>> Hyah!

>> We want to talk to you.

>> ( shouting, whistling )

>> We want food.

>> Japheth, bring some bread.

We'll give you

from what we have.

>> We want more.

>> You don't know how much

we're gonna give you yet,

so how could you want more?

>> We always want more.

>> Noah!

Noah.

Don't you recognize me?

It's Lot.

Your old friend Lot

from Sodom.

>> Lot?

Lot. Mother, it's Lot.

>> I never thanked you

for saving me.

>> Hello, Lot.

Where's your wife?

>> Dead. Deceased. Gone.

>> I'm sorry.

>> It's the way of the world.

>> What happened to her?

>> She always said she was

the salt of the earth.

And finally she was.

She was turned into a pillar

of the stuff. Here.

Here's her finger.

>> What are we waiting for?

Let's rob the place.

>> Yeah!

>> Kill the men.

Rape the women.

Or vice versa.

>> Some of you will die trying.

>> So what?

Can't be any worse than living.

>> Rufus,

they're friends of mine.

>> If you're squeamish,

we will do the killing for you.

>> No, no, Rufus, no.

I don't mind killing.

>> ( groans )

I didn't expect that.

I was tricked.

You caught me

with my britches down.

>> Yeah.

>> I want to tell you something

with my last dying breath.

>> What is it?

>> It's...

>> What?

>> It's... it's...

>> Yeah?

>> ( groaning )

>> You waited too long, Rufus.

Drag him away, lads.

Those boots belong to me.

>> Lot.

>> Hmm?

>> How can you have become

one of these murderers?

>> To live.

>> But the Lord saved you

above all others.

>> Thanks to you, Noah.

Yeah, He saved me.

But I have no job, no money.

I might as well have died

in Sodom because being poor

is like being dead.

Only you're still breathing.

No, no, no, I tried

to lead a good life.

But I was starving to death,

and like other poor men,

dying of a broken heart

because I was poor.

>> Lot, you were an almost

decent man.

If you're like this,

what of the rest of humanity?

>> Better you don't know.

You're the only honest man

I've met in all my travels

who's doing well.

What a bright world this is,

Noah, if we don't lose our

hearts to it.

But everyone does.

Look how dark it is now.

You building a new house?

>> It's an ark.

>> Huh?

>> A boat.

>> A boat?

>> Both: The Lord.

>> Everyone thinks you're mad

listening to Him,

but I know better.

You're the only sane man left.

You know, I'd worship Him, too,

if He wasn't so strict on

rules and regulations.

Yeah, I could testify.

He is truly almighty.

All right, let's get ready.

Come on, let's move out.

Saddle up.

Get ready.

Naamah,

Shem, Ham, Japheth,

good luck.

Noah, it's good

to see you again.

Next time you talk to the Lord,

thank Him for saving me.

And tell Him I'm sorry

I wasn't worth saving.

( laughs )

All right, let's get ready.

Come on. Come on. Get down.

>> ( men whistling )

>> ( thunder rumbling )

>> Wake up, Noah.

You're walking in your sleep.

>> Yes, there it is.

You see?

Behold the ark.

>> You finished it, Lord?

>> Yes.

It's time.

>> To do what, Lord?

>> Sodom and Gomorrah

was a warning.

But they didn't change.

This time, instead of fire

and brimstone,

I'll drown the world in my

tears. I'll weep 40 days and 40

nights. I'll flood the earth

and nothing will survive.

>> Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Lord.

>> ( thunder rumbling )

>> This I do not understand.

Why when You created us,

You made us free to sin?

Was this some great mistake?

>> I did it out of hope

you'd see the difference

between good and evil

and choose wisely.

I hoped you'd become

a nation of prophets.

>> Be merciful, Lord.

Give mankind another chance.

They don't deserve to be wiped

from the face of the earth,

whatever they've done.

>> Mankind's sins

are too great.

>> Is there nothing?

>> They started hating each

other and now they hate

themselves. They're destroying

the world I gave them.

I'll put an end to it all

and make it anew.

>> This level is for birds

of the air and things that creep

and crawl on the earth

like snakes and bugs.

>> I don't like them, Noah.

I never have, I never will.

>> You'll have to get used

to them, Naamah.

They'll soon be our traveling

companions.

>> ( shudders )

>> And this level is for

the smaller furry animals.

>> How are we going to feed

all these creatures?

>> God is.

Storerooms are back there

in the stern.

>> I don't understand.

There are rooms for all the

animals, but where are the

rooms for the people?

>> Oh, our quarters are

up in the prow.

>> No, I mean the other people.

>> Yes, well,

I'll explain all that later.

The lower level is for

the big beasts.

They're down here

to keep the ship--

>> Shipshape.

>> Weighted at the bottom.

>> ( birds calling )

>> The Lord didn't finish

the job, Father.

There's no rudder.

>> All boats are supposed

to have rudders, aren't they?

>> God says the ark has none.

He wants to guide us

over the waters.

We drift hither and yon.

>> Hither and yon?

Hear that, brothers?

We drift hither and yon.

>> Hither and yon?

>> Hither and yon?

>> Stop fooling

and get back to work.

>> Father, why is the ark

so big?

>> We're going to have company.

Creepers and crawlers.

>> Anyone we know?

>> Animals.

Lots of animals.

>> God is doing the picking

right now.

>> A fine mess

they're going to make.

Who's going to do

all the shoveling up?

I'm sure the Lord didn't give

a thought to that when He

dreamed up this idea.

>> He's choosing two of a kind

from all over.

They're already on their way.

>> Noah, there's something

you're not telling me.

Why does the Lord want

two of every kind of animal?

>> To procreate.

>> What, here?

>> No, no. After the flood.

To replenish the earth.

>> There's gonna be a flood?

>> Not a flood.

The flood.

>> You see any water?

>> Not a drop.

>> Any animals?

>> Not one.

>> ( birds calling )

>> All you do is sit

on your fat ass and drink

while the farm goes to ruin

and we starve.

The rich swell with pride,

the poor swell with anger.

>> There aren't any rich people

around these parts here

except Noah.

I don't understand it.

No, something smells

around here.

>> It's you.

Go to bed, Father.

>> When I want an opinion

out of you,

I'll give it to you.

Which reminds me,

you stay away from that madman

Noah and his misbegotten brood.

Japheth.

What a name to give a boy.

Japheth.

Japheth.

Japheth.

Japheth.

( laughs )

Poor devil.

No wonder he's an idiot

with a name like that.

>> He is not an idiot!

He's a dreamer.

>> Like I said, an idiot.

>> Come to bed, Esther.

Your father's turning nasty.

>> Who will rid me of my

lawfully wedded nightmare?

I'd even pray to Noah's god

if he could do that for me.

>> Come to bed,

you drunken sot.

>> Drink never hurt

no one.

I've been drinking

for 40 years, man and boy.

Never did me any harm.

>> ( growling )

>> Great stuff.

Must make another batch.

>> Is he the right boy

for you, Miriam?

The whole family's touched.

Everybody steers clear of them.

In one way, they're fortunate.

They could go completely mad

and no one would notice

the difference.

>> Must be that god of theirs.

I know we said we'd start

worshiping him, too,

but, frankly, we can't get used

to praying just to one god.

It doesn't seem natural.

He can't be the god

of everything.

Stands to reason.

>> That's right.

He can't be the god of fleas

and elephants.

Or the god of thunder

and bad breath.

>> But they say he is.

>> I admire Noah in a way.

He doesn't listen to what

other people say about him.

When they call him mad,

he just shrugs and does

what he wants to do.

>> What would you do, Father,

if you had the chance?

>> Oh, I don't know.

Travel.

See the world and all the

strange creatures in it.

>> ( rumbling )

>> What?

What's that?

>> What is it?

>> ( people clamoring )

>> Look!

>> I don't believe it!

>> It's enormous!

>> ( trumpets )

>> It's strange.

>> ( moos )

>> ( growling )

>> Let me see.

I can't see.

>> Look.

>> ( chuckles )

>> ( cooing )

>> ( thunder rumbling )

>> Noah, the end of the world

begins tomorrow.

I will flood the whole earth

and wash away its sins

forever.