The Carpenter's Son

They are coming for him.

The king.

To kill him.

My baby!

My baby, please!

You. Stop.

Show me what's inside.

- No! - Move along.

What awaits us when we turn at last to death?

For years we live in hiding.

Driven from every home.

You have shown him here to walk the Earth

and threaten their Gods with such presence.

And he does so threaten them.

He bears a power he cannot understand.

A power I cannot contain.

Calamity follows us.

Guide me.

Let me keep them under my protection.

Let my faith endure.

Please.

My only strength to bear...

against the devil itself.

It is well made. I can provide you work.

We must prepare it for the temple.

You will not make an idol.

Your God will forgive you.

That's the work available.

I found work and a home for us.

Look, Mother.

I've never seen one like this before.

Thank you.

What is your name?

Lilith. She is mute.

Go and help your father, my child.

Beautiful boy.

You do not look alike.

What's wrong, Father?

Where are you from?

From the west.

Beyond the desert.

We will be in darkness now during the day.

It's better than some alternatives.

It has been years. We are safe here.

You forget that we can be discovered.

I do not forget.

But he does not have to live in fear.

Lilith, come in!

Why do you do that, Father?

If an evil spirit were to enter the house at night...

the footprint of a rooster will appear in the sand.

Why did you lie to the neighbor about where we came from?

It was to protect you.

Stay away from them.

Did you wash your hands? The dirty will go mad.

You should pray.

I did.

The Carpenter If ever you are in error,

you must seek his forgiveness.

Father.

I am fasting.

This time you do the same, you're of age.

I do it to make myself empty.

In emptiness you find the strength

to bear against Satan.

What does Satan look like?

Like people amongst us.

It can manifest as a very thing that appeals to our weakness.

Have you ever seen it?

I made arrangements with the rabbi here.

He expects you after the Sabbath.

You will help him at school.

It is me, my love.

Shh.

I know. Come.

It's me.

I know.

Put away from you crooked speech,

and put devious talk far from you.

Put away from you crooked speech,

and put devious talk far from you.

Let your eyes look directly forwards,

and your gaze be straight before you.

Let your eyes look directly forwards,

and your gaze be straight before you.

Keep straight the path of your feet,

and all your ways will be sure.

Keep straight the path of your feet,

and all your ways will be sure.

Do not swerve to the right or to the left.

Turn your foot away from evil.

Take care.

That is heaven above.

- Oh, that is the- - - Earth.

Earth beneath.

Oh, that is the water unto the Earth.

You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them.

For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

visiting the iniquity of the fathers

upon the children. On to the third and fourth generation.

Get down.

Get down. You will hurt yourself.

Are you going to help me?

What is your name?

Why are you not in school?

Your father does not make you go.

I have no father.

A mother?

I play games all day.

Will you play with me?

He is a leper.

Wait.

We must not touch the unclean.

See how close you can draw your hand?

It's a game.

Shh! It's all right.

Go on. Try.

He touched it! He touched the unclean!

He touched the unclean!

Stay away! Stay away!

Each year, I walk beside him

and see only the tarnished human man.

Pure...

and clean...

human.

Please, tell me, from whence did he come?

Is he from your angels...

or from demons?

Is he your son?

Wake up!

You're screaming in your sleep.

Let me sleep in the house.

You can sleep in the house

when you stop screaming.

Let me go inside.

It was a dream.

Even by your age, you cannot see the difference?

Pray. Now, go on.

Do it properly.

Do it as I taught you.

You who live in the shelter of the Most High,

who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,

- will say to the Lord... - To the Lord...

My refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust.

Again.

You who live in the shelter

of the Most High w...

- Abide... - Will abide

- in the shadow... - Shadow...

Shadow of the Almighty,

- will say to the Lord... - Of my refuge,

my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

Boy.

You healed me.

Please.

Touch me.

Touch me again!

Please be quiet, be quiet.

You are divine. You are divine. You are divine.

You are divine.

You must leave.

You are divine. You are divine.

- You are divine. - Please go, please.

Please go.

Touch me, touch me, touch me.

I found an offering outside our home this morning.

What did you do with it?

I hid it in the reeds.

It's not safe here.

We'll make his name plain to all.

He's a boy.

He's unclean.

He defiles himself, always covered in filth.

You want him to take roots and learn?

Let him. Why offer him only punishment?

I find no joy in punishing him.

It's how he must learn.

Duty, faith, sacrifice.

Must teach him these things.

Why do you avert your eyes from me?

For modesty.

The boy is divine. The boy...

is divine.

The boy is divine.

The boy is divine. The boy is divine.

They're not too short.

One apiece, as you said.

One and one half. That is what I said.

You told me one apiece.

Price was ten per shelf.

The length is incorrect.

Make it eight, then.

I don't want it.

Why not?

You pushed me.

You liked it.

Didn't you?

Games of the Gentiles are forbidden.

Who forbids you?