- It shimmers like the Nile. What is it?
- How is it made?
- No one knows, great Pharaoh. It is spun on the looms of the gods. They call it silk.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:18:53.526 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- It is not by the sword that he will deliver his people, but by the staff of a shepherd.
- And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- Let the ambassador from Priam, king of Troy, approach the Pharaoh.
- Great Pharaoh, the gift of Troy is a fabulous fabric from the land of the five rivers.
- Our thanks to Priam. It is fabulous indeed.
- It shimmers like the Nile. What is it?
- No one knows, great Pharaoh. It is spun on the looms of the gods. They call it silk.
- The ambassador from Jericho.
- The kingdom of the Most High.
- We bring you the word of God.
- Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go!
- The slaves are mine. Their lives are mine. All that they own is mine.
[...]