Faith and Race

Mikel 2022-03-21 09:01:43

The reason Moses stood with the Hebrews was because he found himself a Hebrew. From the eyes of an Egyptian prince, slaves can only be slaves. It's about a conflict between racial and divine beliefs, not true national liberation and salvation. On the basis of Exodus, the work adds a human touch, but at the same time, in the conflict of an eye for an eye, it is wrong for Egypt to kill the Hebrew children, and it is also cruel for God to take away the eldest son of the Egyptians. Humanity struggles in it.

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The Prince of Egypt quotes

  • Hotep: So you think you've got friends in high places, with the power to put us on the run.

    [he vanishes]

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

  • Tzipporah: [Moses has fallen into Jethro's Well] What are you girls doing?

    Sister: We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!

    Tzipporah: Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well, that's one I've never heard before.

    [She looks down the well]

    Tzipporah: Oh! Oh, my! Don't worry down there! We'll get you out! Hold on!

    [She sees it is Moses]

    Tzipporah: You!

    [Tzipporah lets go of the rope, nods, and saunters away]

    Sister: That's why Papa says she'll never get married.