The Bible - First Season

Previously on the Bible...

'In the beginning...

'God created the heavens and the earth.

'Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit.

'Since Cain killed Abel,

'God has seen too much evil in human hearts.'

God warned me, he told me to build a boat.

He is cleansing the earth for a new beginning.

- Abraham? - God has spoken to me.

He will lead us to a new home.

He has promised descendants as numerous as the stars.

- You will have a child. - I can't.

It's too late for me.

Abraham, where is your wife?

'Though she is barren, Sarah will have a son.

'You will name him Isaac.'

'Have I not shown you enough faith?'

'Abraham!'

A sacrifice... I love my boy!

'He will lead us to a new home,

he has promised descendants as numerous as the stars.'

'Moses, I will be with you.'

- Aargh! - Wait, please!

- Who are you? - My name is Moses.

'God has sent me to set you free.'

- why are you here, Moses? - Let my people go.

Freedom? They're free to choose slavery or death!

'All my life I have been pharaoh's.'

- I will never be a slave again. - Joshua, God is with us.

The Egyptians, they're here!

Lord!

Follow me!

Bring me Moses!

God has delivered us from slavery!

Joshua, we have new laws,

preparing us for the promised land.

Abraham's dream, our future.

You are our people's future, Joshua.

You must take the land promised to Abraham

and all of his descendants as numerous as the stars.

Lord, I was with Moses

when he handed down these commandments.

I was witness to the covenant, the promise of a holy nation.

Help me to forge that nation,

to lead your people to inherit their land.

Joshua!

The Lord brought us out from Egypt,

he promised us this land.

And soon... it will be ours!

Come!

- Are you ready? - We'll search the whole city.

Just find me a way in. We must take Jericho.

It's all that stands between us and the promised land.

Hey! Hey! Only collect water in daylight.

The Israelites can attack at any time.

Rahab, my little whore. What are you doing out, hmm?

Go home.

Shh!

What are you men doing here? Get out! Get out!

Israelites!

Brother...

- For Israel! - For Israel.

Quick!

Over here! Get more men!

We've got to get inside. Look out.

They must not escape. Go door to door.

In here!

Everyone, return to your homes!

Hello?

Shh!

Keep quiet and I promise I won't hurt him.

Swear?

Yes...

- You're Israelites. - You've heard about us?

You have a God who commands the winds

and parts the seas.

He saved us from slavery. We are his chosen.

This whole city is terrified of you.

How can we fight a people whose God can do that?

Open up! Open up!

- Back inside! - Open the door!

- Can we get out that way? -

Help us, and we will help you.

Go. I'll stall them if I can.

Open the door!

- Come with us. - I can't. My family...

When our army comes, hang this on your door

so they will know not to harm you.

You'll be passed over.

Stay here.

Joshua!

Tell me, did you find a way in?

- Is there a weakness? - Not in the walls.

But in their hearts.

Joshua, we met a woman.

She thinks God has taken the city already.

The people melt in fear because they know he is with us.

God is with us!

But we've still to find a way in.

Lord, when I was a slave,

you showed me your love and your power.

You have given me new life. Would you have us turn back?

Who... who are you?

I pray you are with us and not with our enemies.

I am with God.

Commander of the Lord's army.

What does he ask of us?

The Lord parted the waters for Moses.

For you...

...he will split rock.

This is what you must do...

'March around the city once a day with all the armed men.'

do this for six days.

'Carry the ark with you. It contains God's commandments.'

then, on the seventh day, march around the city seven times.

'Then the priests should make a long blast

'with the ram's horn.'

as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet,

all the people shall shout a great shout.

It's happening!

'Glory will come.'

He truly is the shaper of the world.

Jericho is ours!

We give this city to the Lord!

Destroy everything!

Only Rahab the prostitute and her family may be spared,

for God said she must be spared for the help she gave us.

God has kept his promise.

If we obey Lord, anything is possible!

Israel! Israel!

Israel! Israel!

The Israelites have entered the promised land.

But there are enemies on every side,

and a new foe is coming...

...the Philistines.

A hundred years after Joshua,

the 12 tribes of Israel have spread out

across the promised land.

But hostile neighbors surround them.

Better armed and better trained,

the Philistines are the deadliest threat.

Without great leaders like Moses or Joshua to unite them,

the Israelites must rely on local heroes called judges.

People like Samson.

Mother, come.

When will this all stop?

I don't know.

You must fight them.

It's what God wants you to do, Samson.

It's why God created you.

Remember what his messenger told me.

Don't be afraid.

Though you are barren, God will give you a son.

Thank you.

But listen carefully, there are conditions.

See to it that you drink no alcohol

and eat nothing unclean.

And when your son is born, his hair must never be cut.

This will be the sign that the boy is a Nazarite.

He is given to God, from his birth to his death.

He will begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines.

Your strength comes from God.

Your duty is to drive the Philistines away.

Instead of fighting the Philistines,

Samson falls in love and marries one.

- Let me talk to her. - Of course.

Hmm...

Mother, does love not come from God?

What would you have me do?

Reject the woman I fell in love with

just because she's a Philistine?

Will your love protect us from them?

Samson! Samson!

We need to send these Israelites a message,

make it clear to them.

They cannot take our women.

Our people should never mix.

We're not going to get to him.

- - Open up!

- Where is Samson? - I don't know.

- Where is he? - He's not here.

Father! Father! No!

Father! No! No!

- Do it. - Please, no.

You are a disgrace to our people.

- Please, please... - I beg you, don't touch her!

Father! No!

No! No!

Please... I'm begging you, no.

Please no!