Thank you, my son. But death is better than bondage, for my days are ended and my prayer unanswered.
13 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:11.725 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- This will change your image.
- Leave him, or you'll be murdered with him.
- I'll not leave a man to die in the mud.
- Thank you, my son. But death is better than bondage, for my days are ended and my prayer unanswered.
- That before death closed my eyes I might behold the deliverer who will lead all men to freedom.
- What deliverer could break the power of Pharaoh?
- You, mud-carriers, throw this carrion to the vultures. You, take his place.
- And dance the straw into the mud, you dogs.
- I need another oarsman for my barge, a strong slave.
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