01x02 - The Woman Who Spoke to God

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- I failed you, Abram.
- No.

Your bloodline ends with me.

God spoke to me.

"Go forth," he said, "to a
land that I will show you."

He's going to give us children, Sarai.

Abram's god did not
bring you out of harran

to not give you a child.

We did what you asked! And nothing!

Hagar, I want you to have
Abram's child on my behalf.

A boy?

A son.

What shall we name him?

Something from the sagas, maybe.

Enoch?

There's plenty of time to decide.

I missed having you in our bed, husband.

I missed you too, my beloved.

- What is it?
- I felt him.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I felt him kicking.

A tad on the small side
for how far along she is,

but nothing to worry about.

Small? That's what I said to Abram.

Is she not eating enough?

Seems fine to me.

But could it be what she's eating?

She puts a lot of Egyptian
spices in everything.

And she keeps trying
to feed me gallpestle

to make the baby's eyes light like hers.

No, that's not why.

It's 'cause I want his bones to be strong.

How small is a tad small?

She just said not to worry
about it, so why don't we not?

It's easy for her to say.

She's leaving for Egypt
as soon as the baby's born.

What do you think of the name Jared?

Kenan?

Seth?

I like Benjamin and Caleb.

And Ephraim.

My mother used to sing me
that when I was a little girl.

Always used to make me feel safe.

Could I not do the same for you?

Sarai?

I need to speak with you.

I want to keep the baby.

We have an agreement.

You can't just change your mind.

I know, and I'm sorry.

I know what I made my Mark to.

I just didn't know I was gonna
feel this way when I made it.

Well, what about going
home to your family?

I want to, of course I do,

but not if it means
leaving my baby behind.

It's not your baby.

I should've known you
wouldn't understand.

Don't!

Don't you dare make
me feel less than you

because I can't bear this child myself!

What is happening? What's the matter?

You are going back to Egypt.

If you knew what this felt
like, then you'd understand,

but you can't and you never will.

Do you see how she disrespects me?

Do you see how she
looks on me with contempt?

You can't just take this baby and pretend

that I had nothing to do with it!

I knew I shouldn't have
gone along with this.

I should've had more faith.

You want to make this about faith?

Fine.

May your god decide between us then.

Your maid is within your power.

Do with her as you see fit.

You are never to bring
this matter up again.

When the time is right, you
will bear my son on my knee,

and then you'll go home
to your family as we agreed.

Am I clear?

Yes.

Everything I'd ever known had changed

since this child in my womb.

My freedom was no longer
the most important thing.

This child was.

I broke a pledge.

I broke her heart.

She took the white Colt!

You two, go south along the river.

Yes, sir! Hyah!

You two, go east to the goshen road!

- Go!
- With a nightlong head start,

is there even a chance we'll catch her?

We must try. Go.

We need to reach her
before she gets to the negev

or the desert will swallow her tracks.

Abram, what's happened?

We've been searching for hours.

She could be anywhere.

I know you blame me.

There's no way you could've known

she'd do something like this.

For asking you to lie
with her in the first place.

Should've had more faith.

I wanted to give you a son.

I know.

And now he's gone.

I know.

We're almost there.

We're almost home, my son.

Egypt.

Hagar.

Maid of Sarai.

Who are you?

How do you know my name?

Where have you come from?

And where are you going?

I'm running away
from my mistress Sarai.

The lord hath taken
heed of your affliction.

Have I really just seen god and
remained alive after seeing him?

You have conceived and will bear a son.

You shall call his name ishmael.

I will so greatly multiply your offspring

that they cannot be counted.

What must I do for these
things to come to pass?

You know what you must do.

Sarai! Sarai!

Sarai.

My god. Hagar!

You're safe?

- Yes.
- Are you well?

- Yes.
- And the baby?

He's fine. We both are.

You came back.

I was almost at the border near shur

when he appeared to me.

Who appeared to you?

An angel of god.

He knew my name.

What did he say to you?

Many things.

Many wonderous things
about the child in my womb,

but he said they would
only come to pass if I return.

And he told me to come
back, return your son,

and submit myself to you.

So here I am.

Hagar?

Sarai! No!

No, Sarai.

- No, he's coming.
- All right.

Someone get the midwife!

I'm scared. I'm scared.

It's all right. It's all right.

I'm here. Breathe.

All right, breathe.

All right. It's all right.

Harder!

Okay, now breathe. All right, all right.

Breathe, breathe, breathe, and...

That's it. You can do it.

You're almost there. You're almost there.

- Again.
- One more, one more!

Come on, you can do
this. You can do this.

You did it!

You did it. You did it.

He's perfect!

- He's perfect.
- He is.

Your son.

How can I ever repay you?

Let me stay.

Let me be a part of his life.

What about your home?

He is my home now.

Abram?

Say hello to your father.

Ishmael.

My son.

High up in the tower,
clouds swirling all around,

and one worker says to the other,

"give me my hammer, won't you?"

But what the other worker heard was...

He's such a lucky boy to
have a father like Abram.

Because god, you see,
had confused their language

to keep nimrod from
building his tower any higher.

And it sits unfinished
in babel to this very day.

Tell me another one, papa.

Tomorrow, my son.

Time for sleep.

- All right.
- No, no.

You stay, enjoy the fire. I'll take him.

- Come on.
- Go, my love.

Come on.

Bedtime, ishmael.

Hagar, I wish you had a boy of your own

so I could play with him.

Well, that wasn't meant to be.

Why? Only god can answer that.

But I have you to take care
of, and that's enough for me.

Come on.

Time to go to sleep.

Mother?

Who are those men with father?

I'm not sure.

They arrived on horseback an hour ago.

Must be someone important 'cause
he had us prepare a choice calf.

Hey, ishmael, off with you.
Go back to your studies.

- Do I have to?
- Learn to read and write?

Yes. You can sh**t your bow later.

Hagar, will you take them the fruit?

Yes.

You haven't told your wife

what's going to happen, have you?

Not yet.

She must know.

She is a vital part of our covenant.

Be assured, by the time I
return to you in the spring,

your wife Sarah will have a son.

She may think she's too old,

but nothing is impossible for me.

That man.

The one with his back to us.

He was talking about you.

Well, what was he saying?

He said you're going to
have a son in the spring.

Maybe you should listen.

She laughs, your wife.

But nothing is impossible for your god.

This is her destiny.

Now I must go.

Why must you travel to sodom?

It is such a wicked place.

That is why we go there.

To do what?

This is not your concern.

Remember, Abraham.

Sarah will have her child in the spring.

I am too old to bear a child.

Nothing is impossible for our god.

Abraham, if that is your
new name, this is madness.

God named you Sarah, and
our child's name will be Isaac.

And god will make
his covenant with him.

And what of ishmael?

Father, I'm going to have a brother?

Yes, ishmael, a brother.

God will make his
covenant with him, not me?

It is not to be, my son.

But Abraham, ishmael is your eldest.

Hagar is right. This makes no sense.

- It's god's will.
- Father... I'm sorry, my son.

Enough!

Enough of your god's empty promises.

Ishmael is your son and heir!

There will be no other!

You need to see this.

Go, go.

The sky is falling!

What's happening?

It's falling west on sodom.

God did this.

The ash, it kills every
green thing it touches.

It is too dangerous for us here now.

Have everyone start packing their things.

We must leave this place.

He seems to spend more and
more time up there every day.

He's followed his god and his
promises up and down the levant.

It's been a long time
since we left can a an.

Why can't he just be
content where we are?

Who's in charge here?

Abraham.

Keep the children inside.

I'm staying with you, father.

This land belongs to
abimelech, king of gerar.

We meant no trespass.
We were unaware.

Please tell your king
we meant no offense.

Tell him yourself.

I know you.

This man struck your king,

long ago in harran, but
not forgotten, nor avenged.

Abim!

Your quarrel is with me.

Sarah.

Father!

- You're coming with me.
- Ishmael!

Father, are you all right?

Abraham!

Mother! Mother!

Am I a prisoner here?

I haven't decided yet.

Put yourself in my place.

Away for a year doing battle in kith,

I return home to find
trespassers on my land.

To make matters worse,
their leader is a man

who dared raise a hand to me.

I let that go unanswered once.

I wasn't about to do so again.

And then, suddenly... There you were.

Defiant as ever.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Still can't.

We didn't know it was your land.

Doesn't matter what
you knew or didn't know.

What matters is that, to become king,

I had to fight for every inch of it.

By all rights, it should be
soaked with your people's blood.

I know I have no right to
ask for your mercy, abim...

"abim"?

Can't remember the last
time someone called me that.

It really is you, isn't it?

After all these years, lovely as ever.

You see me with the eyes of youth.

Have you ever regretted
turning me down that day?

It doesn't matter.

What matters is that
I am the sort of man

who gets what he wants in the end.

Been away a long time and
have many matters to attend to.

I'll decide your people's
fate when I return.

Five minutes.

How?

Abraham bribed the guards.

They wouldn't let him pass though.

Only me.

Abraham and ishmael are safe?

We've been told that we have to leave

the king's lands by tomorrow's end.

Abraham won't go without you.

No. He must.

Abimelech has no
intention of letting me go.

It makes me sick just thinking about it.

Sarah.

Will you take care of
Abraham and ishmael?

What is it?

What's the matter?

Think I just need to sit down.

Yes.

- What?
- Wait.

You feel this?

You're with child.

I know now you're a god
who keeps his promises.

Sorry I didn't believe.

I know I have no right to ask you

to deliver me from this place... But...

If you won't do it for
me... Will you do it for him?

For Abraham?

Your faithful servant.

Please let him have this child.

Your god... Came to me in a dream.

He said... I and everyone in my family

would be k*lled if I didn't release you.

In her darkest hour, the
promise was delivered.

As each month passed,
the child of the covenant

inside her womb grew.

And so did her faith.

Abraham.

He's really here.

Our son.

My darling love.

How I've longed to hold you in my arms.

Surely nothing is impossible for god.

Darling.

Yes.

My brother's here.

Should I go bow to him?

You mustn't talk like that.

Why him?

Why him and not me?

You've known me since I was a boy.

Did I do something to deserve
being pushed aside like this?

No one thinks that.

Then why?

See how many stars there are, Isaac?

So will your descendants be.

When you're older,
the wife I wish for you

is bold and fearless and gentle and kind.

She has a heart full of adventure.

I can almost see her
now, out there somewhere,

waiting for destiny to bring you together.

Little young, don't you think,
to be talking of marriage?

I'm just showing him the stars.

When he is older, I think his
wife should come from harran,

from among our kin.

Harran?

Well, you sound surprised.

Yeah, it's a fine idea. I just didn't...

I just don't remember you ever
speaking of this with ishmael.

I love both my sons.

But they each have a different path.

It's story time, father.

Yes, it is.

Gather round. Gather round.

Tonight, we shall speak of
Adam and Eve's two sons,

Cain and Abel.

Cain was very jealous of his brother.

One day, he took him
out into the fields alone.

Cain held up a stone
and slayed his brother.

Abel's blood cried up
from the ground to our god.

Give it! It's mine!

Fine, take it.

I said take it.

Give it! It's mine!

"Mine, mine, mine"!

You think everything belongs to you.

- It doesn't.
- Ishmael!

Don't speak to your brother like that.

I hate him. I'll never bow to him.

Never!

Isaac, go find your father.

He didn't mean the words he said.

- No?
- He's in pain.

Can't you tell?

He thinks Isaac was chosen over him

because of something he's done wrong.

He deserves to know the truth,

that he is as much Abraham's
son as Isaac is, but not yours,

and for some reason that
only god himself knows.

Somebody needs to tell him.

Tell him?

If I tell him, he'll hate me
for having deceived him

his entire life.

Ishmael will never submit to Isaac.

The more Isaac grows, the
more ishmael will hate him.

Like Cain hated Abel.

Know what this is?

A pledge between you and hagar.

Where did you get that?

Found it in father's tent.

Is it true... That you're not my mother?

In my heart I am.

I'm not your son.

It all makes sense now.

- You did this.
- No!

No, I have always done
what you have told me to do.

- Liar!
- You are the liar.

You lied to me my whole life.

Cast her out.

Cast them both out.

We have to protect
Isaac, no matter the cost.

So you protect only one of your sons?

Ishmael will never submit to his brother

and you know that in your heart.

Abraham, please.

Send them away before
it is too late, Abraham.

- Abraham, please!
- Enough!

Enough.

You can keep them.

I want nothing of this place.

I am sorry, my son.

It's not you I blame, father.

God is with you, hagar.

God is with you.

Ishmael, please don't leave!

Please!

Come back!

- Go back!
- Please don't leave!

Isaac, I have to go.

Go home!

Don't leave!

Ishmael, please come back!

Please don't leave! Come back!

Hagar.

No, you take the rest.

What happens to me is not important.

You are all that matters.

But, mother.

Do you know how long

I've yearned to hear you call me that?

We must keep going.

- I can't.
- Yeah, we can.

I just need to rest.

We rest, we die.

Ishmael.

Fear not, hagar.

For god is with you and the boy.

My son, he needs water.

Rise and hold him fast

so that I might make
a great nation of him.

Rest, my beloved.

I finally made it to the ocean.

My love.

Will you bring my books from over there?

I have to tell you the truth.

Open it.

The pledge with hagar.

You kept it.

It was I who left it in your tent.

I wanted ishmael to find it.

You?

It was you who left it there, not hagar?

I knew he would never leave.

He loved you too much.

So I gave him someone to hate.

Me.

You know how much I loved that boy.

- Yes.
- And if he had stayed...

He would've lived his whole
life in the shadow of his brother.

I had to let him go so
he could find his destiny

like we found ours.

You have held on to this
secret all these years?

I had to.

I couldn't have done what you did.

But then again, you were
always the stronger one.

My love.

I go to god soon.

He will embrace me
without malice as he will you.

I'll wait for you there.

Sarah's journey was the hardest of all.

She had to make the decisions
that affected all of our lives.

She kept the secrets
and carried the burden.

That was no easy task.

She found her trust and faith and peace.

She came to symbolize motherhood.

She was the first of the great matriarchs.

She was my friend.

We're here to Bury our dead.

Who stands in our way?

Hagar.

You came.

Isaac, do you remember me?

I do.

How is my brother ishmael?

He is well.

He's attending to his family,

and he is admired by
all who surround him.

That gives me so much peace.

Isaac, have you taken a wife?

Not yet.

My mother always wanted
me to marry a girl from harran.

Come.

Let us Bury your beautiful wife.

I took this when I left Egypt

so that someday I might
see my home again.

Because of you, I did.

I got my freedom and my son.

Godspeed, old friend.

There won't soon be another like you.

Shoulder to shoulder, my beloved.

No matter what life might bring.