Paul Mercurio credited as playing...
- Potiphar: And to whom are these prayers addressed to? Which gods?
- Joseph: Only one, my lord.
- Potiphar: Only one god. Must be very poor indeed.
- [crowd laughs]
- Joseph: My God provides for all my needs.
- Potiphar: He hasn't done very well for you, has he?
- [more laughter]
- Ednan: I thought you were pious, boy. Are you too good to pray to our gods?
- Joseph: No, not too good. Only... I, I only pray to the God of my fathers.
- Ednan: Well you won't find Him in Egypt.
- Joseph: I have seen the evils of rape! It is hateful to me and an abomination in the eyes of God.
- Potiphar: You had better prostrate quickly.
- Joseph: You know I cannot.
- Pharaoh: [furious] You what?
- Joseph: Clearly the Pharaoh is greatness itself but my faith decrees that I can only kneel before God - even on pain of death.
- Pharaoh: [laughs] Come forward. Take heed, magicians. Whatever happens, I know this man won't lie to me.
- Pharaoh: Look upon my face.
- Joseph: But surely, great Pharaoh, this is forbidden.
- Pharaoh: Only to people who know I am a god. Since you hold some primitive being in higher regard, I think you can look upon me without burning up. Go on, try it.
- Joseph: What is your name?
- Benjamin: I am called Benjamin, master. How is it that the master comes to speak our tongue? Has you traveled to our lands?
- Joseph: [recoils] God be gracious to you, my son.
- [Joseph leaves and cries to himself]
- Benjamin: Was I wrong to ask the master how he came to speak our tongue?
- Ednan: The master has traveled far and wide. He knows a great deal.
- Potiphar: Do you think you could bring some order in my home if I brought you out of the fields?
- Joseph: Out of the fields, master, I can do anything.
- Potiphar: Then out of the fields you shall be! We will see just how things flourish under your hand or perhaps, the hand of your God.
- Joseph: [screams] God! My God! Why have You forsaken me?
- Joseph: Forgiveness is greater than vengeance; compassion more powerful than anger.
- Potiphar: As I myself have learned.
- Joseph: Your husband has entrusted me with everything in his house. The only thing I cannot touch is you!
- [pushes himself away]
- Joseph: How could I betray your husband and sin against God?
- Potiphar's Wife: The time will come.
- Joseph: Forgiveness is greater than vengeance. Compassion more powerful than anger.
- Joseph: What is your name?
- Asenath: I am Asenath, daughter of the high priest of On.
- Joseph: What is my name, my new name? I have forgotten it already.
- Asenath: Zapaneth Paneah.
- Joseph: Zapaneth Paneah. What does it mean?
- Asenath: The savior. Am I pleasing to you?
- Joseph: Yes, greatly.
- Joseph: I am not a vindictive man. You can return to your father. I shall keep only Benjamin.
- All brothers: No!
- Joseph: You DARE to raise your voice to me? Men can die for less!
