Even Ishmael did not know that God drove him into the desert to be the father of a nation.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:55:12.497 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- No man has ever set foot on the forbidden slopes of Sinai.
- Why do you want to see him, Moses?
- To know that he is. And if he is, to know why he has not heard the cries of slaves in bondage.
- Moses, it would be death to look upon his face.
- How many of my people have died because he's turned away his face?
- Can a man judge God? No, Moses. We cannot see his whole purpose.
- Even Ishmael did not know that God drove him into the desert to be the father of a nation.
- Is it not enough to know that he has saved you from the Pharaoh's anger?
- You walk like a prince. And you fight like a warrior.
- There is word in the caravans of a great one who was driven out of Egypt.
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