THE HOLY BIBLE
TELEPLAY EDITION
Episode 1001
“In The Beginning”
by
George Willson
Based on the novel by God
Note: When God
speaks, it is always in voiceover or off-screen. Envision a
James
Earl Jones-ish voice.
TEASER
BLACK SCREEN
SUPER: “In the
beginning, God created the heavens and the earth...”
Darkness prevails for a short time until:
GOD
Let
there be light.
Overhead, it is as if a massive veil is
lifted and light floods the surroundings.
Water stretches in every direction as far as
the eye can see and it seems to
climb up to the heavens. The light has no discernable source, and the
sky as we
know it is non-existent.
GOD
Let
the light be separated from
the
darkness. The light shall
be
called “day.”
Suddenly, like a shade blocking a window,
darkness blocks out the light until
all is black again.
GOD
And
the darkness, “night.”
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the first day.”
The light fades in.
GOD
Let
there be an expanse between
waters
of the earth and the waters
of
the heavens to separate water
from
water.
Out of nothing, the blue of the skies emerges
overhead covering the light
source with its blanket of blue.
GOD
Let
the expanse be called “sky.”
Darkness envelopes the earth again.
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the second day.”
The light fades in.
GOD
Let
the water under the sky
be
gathered to one place and let
dry
ground appear.
On command, the water rushes away and the
ground appears, brown and dry. It rises
above the water. All across the earth, water falls away from bits of
ground rising
out of the waters, and sometimes surrounding them.
GOD
Let
the dry ground be called “land,”
and
the gathered waters be called
“seas.”
The land is dry and dusty, containing no
life.
GOD
Let
the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing
plants and trees that
bear
fruit with seed on it,
according
to their various kinds.
As God speaks, all across the new land,
plants spring up, fully grown. Trees that
take centuries to mature grow out of the ground in seconds. Fruit
bearing plants
and trees grow into maturity and produce their blossoms.
Darkness envelopes the earth again.
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the third day”
The light fades in. Across the land the new
plants flourish. A mist rises from the
ground and waters the plants.
GOD
Let
there be lights in the expanse
of
the sky to separate the day from
the
night.
The light in the sky gathers into a single
place and becomes the sun. Darkness
covers the land again, but in the sky light gathers into one point to
become
the moon. Like a wave, stars dot the heavens creating a beautiful
nighttime
array.
GOD
Let
them serve as signs to mark
seasons
and days and years, and let
them
be lights in the expanse of
the
sky to give light on the earth.
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the fourth day.”
Night turns back to day as the sun rises for
the first time. Mist rises from the
ground to water the plants.
GOD
Let
the water teem with living
creatures.
Sinking under the surface of the water, from the
sea bed fish of all kinds, sharks,
and even whales emerge from the mud of the ground appearing fully
mature and
spreading out throughout the oceans. Underwater
plant-life emerges, fully mature,
on the sea bed.
GOD
Let
birds fly above the earth across
the
expanse of the sky.
From the dust of the ground, birds of all
varieties are formed and fly into the
air. Flocks fly off in every direction.
GOD
Be
fruitful and increase in number
and
fill the water in the seas,
and
let the birds increase on the
earth.
Night falls on the earth.
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the fifth day.”
The sun rises on a new day. Fish flourish in
the seas. Birds nest in trees. Mist
covers the earth. The land appears empty although with many plants.
GOD
Let
the land produce living creatures
according
to their kinds: livestock...
All manner of livestock emerges from the dust
of the earth.
GOD
...creatures
that move along the
ground...
Smaller mammals, insects, and rodents emerge
and disperse.
GOD
...and
wild animals, each according
to
its kind.
Larger wild animals emerge from the dust and
spread out on the earth.
As God speaks, the dust of the earth in a
small glade slowly forms itself into
the shape of a man. The skeleton solidifies. Organs take shape
inside. Muscles
form over the frame. Skin forms over the musculature.
GOD
Let
us make man in our image, in
our
likeness, and let them rule
over
the fish of the sea and the
birds
of the air, over the
livestock,
over the wild animals,
over
all the earth, and over all
the
creatures that move along the
ground.
The man’s eyes snap open.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
Four rivers flow out of a lush and beautiful
garden. The man, ADAM, walks naked
toward the garden’s opening led by a man dressed in white. He is an
ANGEL. The
angel stops at the entrance to the garden and allows Adam to enter.
GOD
You
are free to eat from any tree
in
the garden; but you must not
eat
from the tree of the knowledge
of
good and evil, for when you eat
of
it you will surely die.
ADAM
Where
is this tree, Father?
GOD
The
tree is located in the center
of
the garden. My angel will guide
you.
The Angel walks past Adam. Adam follows him
through the garden to two trees in
the center. The angel stops in front of the Tree of the Knowledge
of Good and
Evil.
ANGEL
This
is the tree of which the Lord
has
spoken.
ADAM
And
I am not to eat of the fruit
of
this tree?
ANGEL
As
the Lord has spoken.
ADAM
Why?
ANGEL
Because
the Lord has commanded it.
And
what the Lord commands, we must
obey.
ADAM
Of
course. Without my Father, I
would
not have life, for he gave
the
breath of life to me.
Adam walks away from the Tree into the
garden. The Angel disappears.
Adam sits alone on the ground in the garden.
He looks around him. He sees
many of the other animals in pairs.
GOD
Adam.
Adam stands.
ADAM
Yes,
Father.
GOD
We
will find a helper suitable
for
you. It is not good for you
to
be alone.
ADAM
Thank
you.
At this, all of the animals that God created
walks up to Adam.
GOD
You
have dominion over all the
beasts
of the earth. These are
yours
to name. Whatever you
call
it, that will be its name.
One by one, the creatures pass by Adam. He
touches it briefly and calls it by
name.
Time passes as the seemingly endless line of
animals pass by Adam and he names
them.
Finally, the last animal passes him.
GOD
Did
you find a suitable helper?
ADAM
Your
creations are wondrous, Father,
but
for me, none of these make a
suitable
helper. There are none like
me.
GOD
You
are unique in all the world.
There
is no one like you for in
my
own image I created you. But
you
are right in saying none of
these
make a suitable helper.
I
will make one for you. Sleep.
Adam gets down on the ground and falls
asleep.
GOD
Sleep
and when you wake, you will
have
a helper suitable for you.
As Adam sleeps, his skin bloodlessly slices
open at the base of his ribs. A
rib emerges from his body and moves off to one side. No one seems
to be holding
it. The slice on Adam’s skin reseals without a scar.
The rib remains in the air beside Adam. From
the rib, the skeleton of another
human is created. Dust is not used in this creation, but the bones
and organs
just seem to grow from nothing.
As the muscles form on the body, it becomes
clear that this form is to be female.
Skin forms over the muscles, and hair streams
out of her head.
Adam wakes slowly. He sits up and looks off
to one side. His face fills with
wonder and then delight.
GOD
Adam.
I have made for you a suitable
helper.
ADAM
Thank
you, Father.
Adam walks over to the woman, EVE, whose hair
is strategically placed over her
chest, but she is clearly naked as Adam remains. Adam takes her hands
in his. She
smiles at him.
ADAM
Where
did this helper come from?
GOD
While
you slept, I took one of
your
ribs and made you this
helper.
What will you call it?
ADAM
This
is now bone of my bones, and
flesh
of my flesh; she shall be
called
“woman,” for she was taken
out
of man.
Adam looks into Eve’s eyes. She smiles,
shyly.
ADAM
You
shall be the mother of all
the
living, so your name will
be
Eve. My name is Adam.
EVE
Adam...
They kiss gently. Night falls.
SUPER: “And there was evening and there was
morning - the sixth day.”
Adam and Eve hand in hand looking into the
heavens. A light issues upon them.
GOD
Heaven
and earth are completed, so
I
have finished my work. On this,
the
seventh day, I rest from all
the
work of creating I have done.
You
shall also regard this day as
a
day of rest. For six days shall
you
work in the garden, but let the
seventh
day be holy, for as I have
rested,
so shall you rest.
Now,
be fruitful and multiply; fill
the
earth and subdue it. Rule over
the
fish of the sea and the birds of
the
air and over every living creature
that
moves on the ground.
I
give you every seed-bearing plant
on
the face of the whole earth and
every
tree that has fruit with seed in
it.
They will be yours for food.
To
all the beasts of the earth and all
the
birds of the air and all the
creatures
that move on the ground -
everything
that has the breath of life
in
it - I give every green plant for
food.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
Adam works the ground around a small tree. He
waters it and strokes the leaves,
like a father. He is still naked because their eyes have not yet
been opened. Eve
walks up having gathered some green apples and grapes for them.
EVE
How
is it doing?
ADAM
I’ve
worked the soil around its
base,
and given it some extra water.
EVE
You’ve
worked hard today.
ADAM
Our
Father gave us this garden to
care
for and in turn it cares for
us.
We can’t take that responsibility
lightly.
What have you brought?
EVE
Apples
and grapes.
ADAM
My
favorite.
Adam takes an apple from Eve’s basket and
eats.
ADAM
Which
part of the garden did these
come
from?
EVE
Near
the western river.
ADAM
That
area seems to have the best
apples.
When do you plan on
gathering
again?
EVE
You
were going to make sure the
birds
were not getting into the
grain
again. I thought I would
go
to the east and see what has
grown
there.
ADAM
Sounds
good.
She sits down to eat, and he takes another
bite.
Eve walks through the garden, basket on her
arm, looking at the fruit on the
trees. A SERPENT, at this point resembling a long lizard, is ahead of
her. He
looks up at her.
SERPENT
Woman,
where are you going?
Eve looks down at the serpent. She shows no
surprise at this creature speaking.
EVE
I
am heading to the eastern river
to
gather fruit for me and my
husband.
She walks onward. The serpent follows.
SERPENT
Why
do you walk so far for it?
EVE
My
husband and I eat of all the
trees
and plants in
gathered
in the west this morning.
I
wish to gather in the east this
evening.
SERPENT
Why
should you wish to walk so far?
EVE
It
is not far.
SERPENT
Didn’t
your Father say, “You must
not
eat from any tree in the
garden?”
EVE
No,
we may eat from any tree in the
Eden,
but he did say, “You must not
eat
fruit from the tree that is in
the
center of the garden, and you
must not touch it, or you will die.”
SERPENT
He
said, “You will die?”
EVE
He
did, and he does not lie.
SERPENT
You
will not die. You see, he knows
that
when you eat of its choice
fruit,
your eyes will be opened,
you
will be like Him, like your
Father,
knowing good and evil. You
will
not die, but live. Follow me.
The serpent skitters away. Eve looks after
him, curiously. He stops and looks back
to her.
SERPENT
Come
on. You’ll never taste better
fruit,
and you will have all the
knowledge
in the world.
Eve follows after the serpent, warily.
The serpent approaches the tree. Even follows
behind him.
SERPENT
Watch
as I touch the tree and do
not
die.
The serpent climbs the tree and sits atop a
branch.
SERPENT
See?
See?
EVE
Yes.
Eve walks up to the tree and places her hand
on the bark.
SERPENT
Look
at the fruit. Have you ever
seen
anything more beautiful?
Eve turns her gaze to the apples hanging from
the tree’s branches.
EVE
Very
beautiful.
SERPENT
And
the taste...the taste is
unparalleled.
EVE
It
is?
SERPENT
Where
are the best apples in
EVE
Adam
likes the apples near the
western
river.
SERPENT
Taste
these. There is no comparison.
EVE
I shouldn’t. Our Father said not
to.
SERPENT
He’s
not going to know. How do you
know
he’s even here?
EVE
He’s
everywhere.
SERPENT
No,
he’s not. Do you see him?
EVE
We’ve
never seen him. But he is
here.
SERPENT
Come
on. Just one bite. You won’t
regret
it. I promise.
EVE
Just
one...
Eve reaches up and takes an apple from the
tree. Its skin is red and bright.
EVE
...one
bite...
SERPENT
Just
one bite.
EVE
It
looks so good.
SERPENT
Delicious
beyond compare.
EVE
It
can’t hurt, I guess.
She takes a bite. Her expression reveals it
tastes better than anything she has
ever had before.
SERPENT
You
like it?
EVE
MmHm...
Eve looks down. She is suddenly embarrassed.
EVE
I’m
naked!
She grabs some leaves from a nearby fig tree
and vines from a grapevine. She
covers herself with the hasty coverings.
EVE
How
could I have not known?
SERPENT
Who
knows? Don’t you think your
husband
would enjoy such choice
fruit?
EVE
I
know he would. He loves apples.
Eve takes another apple and brings it to
Adam, who is ensuring that the grain is
bird free. When he sees Eve approach in her new garments, he looks
confused.
ADAM
Eve,
you’re back early. Why do
you
have leaves on your body?
EVE
Don’t
worry about that. Here.
Try
this.
ADAM
Ok.
Where’d it come from?
EVE
` Just
try it. It’s unbelievable.
ADAM
All
right.
Adam bites into the apple. The serpent peeks
out from behind some bushes and
smiles. Adam looks at himself and blushes.
ADAM
I’m
naked! Eve, where did you find
those
leaves? I need some.
EVE
I
knew you were naked, so I
brought
some with me.
Adam sews the leaves together as they talk.
ADAM
Where
did the apple come from?
EVE
That
tree in the center of the
garden
that Father told us not to
eat
from? Well, the serpent told me
the
fruit was very good. I took
some
and ate it, and it is, and
look,
we didn’t die.
ADAM
What
have you done? You disobeyed
our
Father and caused me to do
the
same!
Adam suddenly looks up. It’s like he knows
something unseen.
ADAM
Our
Father is here. He is walking
in
the garden. Hide!
Adam and Eve take cover in some bushes to
hide themselves.
GOD
Adam.
Where are you?
ADAM
I
heard you in the garden, Father.
I
was afraid and I hid, because I
am
naked.
GOD
Who
told you that you were naked?
Did
you eat from the tree that I
commanded
you not to eat from?
Adam stands. He wears his fig leaf covering.
He points to Eve.
ADAM
It
was this woman you put here with
me.
She gave me some of the fruit
from
the tree, and I ate it.
GOD
Eve,
why have you done this?
Eve stands and points to the serpent, who
cowers.
EVE
The
serpent deceived me, and I
ate.
GOD
Because
you have done this,
Cursed
are you above all the
livestock
and all the wild animals!
You
will crawl on your belly
and
you will eat dust all the
days
of your life.
At this the serpent sheds its skin and legs
and lands on its belly. It looks
toward the heavens with Adam and Eve.
GOD
And
I will put enmity between
you
and the woman, and between
your
offspring and hers; he will
crush
your head, and you will
strike
his heel.
The serpent slithers away. Eve flinches as he
goes away.
GOD
Eve,
I will greatly increase
your
pains in childbearing; with
pain
you will give birth to children.
Your
desire will be for your husband,
and
he will rule over you.
Eve bows her head, chastised.
GOD
And
you, Adam, because you listened
to
your wife and at from the tree
about
which I commanded you not eat of,
Cursed
is the ground because of you;
through
painful toil you will eat
of
it all the days of your life. It
will
produce thorns and thistles for
you,
and you will eat the plants of the
field.
By the sweat of your brow you
will
eat your food until you return
to
the ground, since from it you were
taken;
for dust you are and to dust
you
will return.
Adam bows his head, also chastised.
GOD
These
are garments of skin. In the
future,
you will make them yourselves
so
you will have coverings for
yourself
and your children.
Adam and Eve are covered in animal skin
clothing.
GOD
You
are banished from my garden and
will
no longer enjoy the life I had
given
you.
Adam and Eve take each others’ hands. They
walk out of the garden together.
INT. HEAVEN
In a surreal white location without walls or
barriers, angels stand together
before a great throne upon which sits God, who is portrayed only as a
great
light and never truly seen by us.
GOD
The
man has now become like one of
us,
knowing good and evil. He must
not
be allowed to take also from the
tree
of life and eat and live forever.
Cherubim,
go now and guard the tree.
Two ANGELS take up FLAMING SWORDS and
disappear.
As Adam and Eve exit the boundaries of the
Garden of Eden, the Cherubim appear at
the entrance to the garden. They hold their swords before them and
are as tall as
trees.
Adam and Eve look at their former home,
sadly. Hand in hand, they walk into the
wilderness together.
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
EXT. ADAM’S HOME - DAY
SUPER: “130 years later”
Adam and Eve live in a small house in a
plantation-like setting with gardens and
livestock. Their two sons, CAIN and ABEL work in the
fields.
CAIN, the elder, tends to the gardens. He
cares for and inspects the fruits
thereof.
ABEL, the younger, tends the livestock in the
fields, which consists of sheep
and goats.
Adam, although older, he doesn’t look it,
walks out into the garden to Cain. He
is followed by Cain and Abel’s younger sister, AWAN.
ADAM
How’s
the food supply, Cain?
CAIN
Doing
well. It’s a good crop
this
year.
ADAM
Well
done. I’m leaving Awan here
with
you to help you bring in
our
dinner.
CAIN
Thank
you, father.
ADAM
Keep
up the good work. I’m
going
to check on your
brother,
Abel.
Adam pats Cain on the back and moves off
towards the fields. Awan carries a
basket and moves up to Cain.
AWAN
Where
shall we start?
CAIN
Whatever
you want. The field is
yours
to choose.
AWAN
Are
we not to preserve the best
for
Father God?
CAIN
I’ve
got a supply for Father God,
but
for you, I’ve reserved the best.
She smiles. As there are no other people on
the earth, these two are to become
husband and wife, and they know it.
Adam walks out of the garden and into the
fields where Abel tends the flocks.
ADAM
Abel,
has that ewe given birth
yet?
ABEL
She
has. The lamb is beautiful.
Abel leads Adam to a young lamb. It is indeed
spotless and beautiful.
ABEL
It
is the firstborn lamb of that
ewe.
It should be Father God’s.
ADAM
Well
said, my son. Next year,
you
may offer it to Him.
ABEL
Is
dinner ready?
ADAM
Cain
and Awan are gathering the
fruit
as we speak. Milk a goat
so
we may drink as well as eat.
ABEL
Yes,
father.
Abel moves off to the goats. Adam walks back
to the modest house and goes inside.
INT. ADAM’S HOUSE - DAY
Eve sits in a primitive chair sewing animal
skins together into a garment. She is
pregnant. Adam enters and kisses her forehead.
ADAM
How
are you doing, my wife?
EVE
I’m
ready to bear you another
child.
When Father said it would
be
painful, I thought it would
just
apply to the end. He never
mentioned
the aches during the
whole
process.
Adam feels of her belly. He smiles.
ADAM
I
feel it moving. It will be
soon,
I know it.
EVE
Is
Cain coming with dinner?
ADAM
Yes.
I have Awan helping him
gather.
EVE
When
are they to join together?
ADAM
Whenever
they are ready. Father
God
made you from me, but they
came
from us. Awan will be the
wife
of Cain. They know this.
When
they take each other, Cain
will
move on to his own land
and
his own family. The two shall
be
one flesh as we are. For
this
reason, a man will leave
his
mother and father and be
united
to his wife.
EVE
When
will we die as Father
promised?
ADAM
I
don’t know. It will happen.
Because
we ate the forbidden
fruit,
someday we will die.
Until
then, we will do our
duty
to this world and our
Father,
and fill the earth.
EVE
Yes.
Cain and Awan enter the house. They carry the
choicest fruits in their basket
into the house and place it on a table. Adam looks in the basket.
ADAM
This
looks good, you two.
CAIN
Thank
you, father.
AWAN
Thank
you, father.
ADAM
Cain
and Awan, the time has come,
we
believe, for you to be husband
and
wife. Our Father God told us
to
multiply and cover the earth.
It
is time for you two to take up
this
responsibility as well. You
are
our firstborn son and daughter,
and
it is right that you take each
other.
Cain turns to Awan. She smiles at him.
CAIN
Awan,
today you are no longer
my
sister, but my wife.
AWAN
And
you, Cain, are now my husband
and
no longer my brother.
ADAM
Tonight,
you two will be one.
Abel enters carrying a container of fresh
goat’s milk.
ABEL
I
have the milk.
ADAM
Abel,
congratulate your brother
and
sister. They are husband and
wife.
ABEL
I
am happy for you. May our Father
God
give continual blessings upon
our
household.
CAIN
Thank
you.
ABEL
Father,
I wish to take of the flocks
tomorrow
and make an offering of
thanks
to our Father God.
ADAM
Of
course. Take the best of the flock
and
offer it to our Father.
A brief silence ensues. Cain suddenly speaks
up.
CAIN
I,
too, wish to make an offering to
our
Father God. An offering of the
fields
I tirelessly work in.
ADAM
Of
course. Take the best of the
fields
and offer it to our Father.
EVE
Can
we eat yet? The baby is
starving.
ADAM
Yes.
Let’s eat.
EVE
Thank
you.
The family gathers around the table and
partakes of their dinner.
EXT. ADAM’S HOUSE - DAY
On the following day, Abel walks through his
flocks and picks up a perfect sheep.
Cain goes through his fields and picks over
the fruit. He does not pick the best
of his fields, but those he would not eat or have some kind of
problem. The type
he would not have a problem getting rid of.
EXT. MOUNT OF OFFERING - DAY
Cain and Abel build alters atop the mount.
Abel builds blindly, but Cain
continually watches his brother, as if competing with
him. Once the altar is
built, Abel places the meat and fat of the sheep (which he has
already thankfully
taken care of) onto the altar. Cain places his fruits on his altar.
Abel raises his hands to the heavens and
calls out:
ABEL
Oh,
Sovereign Father God, creator
of
heaven and earth! I offer you
thanks
for the wonderful bounty
you
have given to my family. Please
accept
this humble offering in
return
for all you have given me.
At this fire issues out of heaven and
envelopes the offering, burning it up
completely. Abel is beside himself.
ABEL
Father
God accepted my offering.
Not to be outdone, Cain raises his hands to
the heavens and cries out:
CAIN
Oh,
Sovereign Father God, creator
of
heaven and earth! I offer you
thanks
for the wonderful bounty
you
have given to my family. And
also
for the wife you have granted
me
to continue your will. Please
accept
this humble offering in
return
for all you have given me!
Cain anticipates a grand return as Abel had
received. Nothing happens.
CAIN
Oh,
Sovereign Father God, creator
of
heaven and earth! I offer you
thanks
for the wonderful bounty
you
have given to my family. And
also
for the wife you have granted
me
to continue your will. Please
accept
this humble offering in
return
for all you have given me!
Still, nothing happens.
CAIN
(desperately)
Oh,
Sovereign Father God, creator
of
heaven and earth! I offer you
thanks
for the wonderful bounty
you
have given to my family. And
also
for the wife you have granted
me
to continue your will. Please
accept
this humble offering like
you
accepted the offering of my
brother
Abel in return for all you
have
given me!
Abel places his hand on Cain’s shoulder.
ABEL
God
has not inclined to your offering,
my
brother. Perhaps if you had
brought
the choice fruits rather than
the
inferior, he would have inclined
to
yours as he inclined to mine.
Abel walks away. Cain is fuming. He violently
kicks down his altar, throwing its
pieces and his offering all over the ground.
GOD
Why
are you so angry? Why is your
face
downcast? If you do what is
right,
will you not be accepted?
But
if you do not do what is right,
then
sin is crouching at your door.
It
desires to have you, but you must
master
it.
Cain turns and storms off.
EXT. ADAM’S LAND - DAY
Cain is tilling the ground, still fuming over
Abel. Coming in the direction of
his land, Abel’s flock are grazing near an area he has recently
tilled. he ignores
it for a moment. When he looks back up, The
flocks have crossed onto the ploughed
area and are eating the grass off the ground he has turned over.
Angrily, he throws down his tiller and storms
over to Abel.
CAIN
What
have I done to you that you
bring
your flocks onto my land
to
feed?
Abel is taken aback, but replies calmly.
ABEL
What
have I done to you that you
feed
on the milk of my flock and
clothe
yourself in their wool?
If
this is a problem, then remove
the
wool of my sheep that you’re
wearing,
compensate me for the
milk
you have drunk, and when this
has
been done, I will go.
Cain gets in Abel’s face.
CAIN
Tell
me something: if I kill you
today,
who will require compensation
for
your blood?
ABEL
Our
Father God who created us on
the
earth will avenge me and require
compensation
for my blood if you
should
kill me, for He is the
judge
of all men and repay you
according
to your evil. If you kill
me
today, Father God knows your
secret
ideas and will judge the evil
you
declare to me this day.
Abel turns away from Cain. Cain is incensed.
With a mighty cry, he takes up his
tiller and beats Abel with. Abel falls to the ground. The sheep
scatter. Blood
flows beneath him.
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
EXT. ADAM’S LAND - DAY
Cain finishes digging a hole in his field. He
looks around, panicked. He walks
over to Abel’s dead body. He picks it up and dumps it in the hole.
He covers the
body with the dirt of the hole.
Once finished, he collapses to the ground in
tears. His clothes and hands are
covered in Abel’s blood.
CAIN
(weakly)
What
have I done?
Cain weeps for a moment before:
GOD
Where
is your brother, Abel?
Cain recovers himself and looks to the
heavens.
CAIN
I
don’t know. Am I my brother’s
keeper?
GOD
What
have you done? Don’t you
know
your brother’s blood cries
out
to me from the ground? Now
you
are under a curse and driven
from
the ground which opened up
to
receive your brother’s blood
from
your hand. Now when you work
the
ground, it will not yield its
crops
for you. You will be a
restless
wanderer on the earth.
CAIN
Please,
Father God, my punishment
is
more than I can bear. You are
driving
me from the land to be a
restless
wanderer on the earth. I
will
be hidden from your presence
and
whoever finds me will kill me.
GOD
No.
If anyone kills Cain, he will
suffer
vengeance seven times over.
A mark appears on Cain’s forehead.
GOD
Take
your wife and go.
Cain runs back to the house and bursts in.
INT. ADAM’S HOUSE - DAY
Adam, Eve, and Awan look up to see Cain
standing in the doorway, looking like
a
crazed madman.
ADAM
Cain!
What is going on?
CAIN
Father,
I am sorry. I have to
leave
your presence.
ADAM
Why?
What happened? Where is
your
brother?
Cain fights tears.
CAIN
I’m
sorry, but when Abel’s offering
was
accepted over my own, it upset
me.
I was moved to kill him, which
I
did.
Eve and Awan react in shock to this news.
Adam is staggered. Cain struggles to
maintain his composure
CAIN
When
I saw what I’d done, I knew
it
was a sin committed against
our
Father God. He has driven from
this
land into one of my own. May
your
child be a tribute to your
house
and succeed where I have
failed.
ADAM
Cain...did
Father forgive you?
CAIN
I
don’t know. I told him that
anyone
who found me would kill
me,
but he gave me this mark to
prevent
it. But I don’t know
if
that means he forgave me.
EVE
Do
you have to go? I have already
lost
one son today.
CAIN
Father
God has commanded it. I
must
not sin again by breaking it.
Come
Awan. It’s time to leave.
Awan stands. She kisses Adam and Eve goodbye.
With a final glance, Cain and
Awan leave the presence of their parents and the Lord. Adam holds
Eve, who
cries on his shoulder.
EXT. WILDERNESS - DAY
Cain and Awan travel through the wilderness
of the world.
Cain and Awan settle for the evening in a
cave near a large, open, fertile plain.
CAIN
How
are you doing?
AWAN
Not
so good. This isn’t going to
be
easy.
CAIN
No,
but we can do it. We will
be
the start of the people
here
as our parents will
continue
where they are.
AWAN
Are
you ok?
CAIN
I’ll
never be ok. I killed
my
brother. Abel was the first
man
to die, and it was by my
hand.
I will always be remembered
but
hated.
AWAN
I
don’t hate you.
CAIN
I’m
glad.
They kiss gently and lie down.
INT. ADAM’S HOUSE - DAY
Eve is straining under the throes of
childbirth.
ADAM
We’re
almost there.
Eve strains again, screaming under the pain
and pressure.
ADAM
I’ve
got a head! One more, my love,
one
more!
Eve gives a final push and relaxes. A cry
permeates the air.
ADAM
We
have another boy!
He hands the child to Eve, who cradles him.
EVE
Father
has granted me another son
in
place of Abel, who Cain killed.
He
shall be called Seth.
ADAM
He
shall be a tribute to our Father
who
gave him to us.
Adam and Eve kiss each other and gaze upon
their new son.
EXT.
SUPER: “567
years later”
“697
Anno Mundi”
A man, ENOCH, sits with paper on his lap,
reading the words to children around
him. They are METHUSELAH, a boy of 10, ELISHA, a boy of 8, and
MELCHA, a girl
of 6. The children are, in turn surrounded by a group of older men
and women.
ENOCH
When
Adam was 130 years old, he
and
his wife Eve gave birth to
Seth.
Enoch looks up at Adam and Eve, now aged
somewhat to 672 years, but still looking
strong. They look over to Seth, who is now 542.
METHUSELAH
(pointing)
Seth!
ENOCH
That’s
right. Seth is still with
us
as are the parents of everyone,
Adam and Eve. 697 now, right?
Adam nods and smiles.
ADAM
And
still young.
The group laughs.
ENOCH
So,
when Seth was 105 years old,
he
took Azura, his sister as a wife,
and
gave birth to Enosh.
Seth holds Azura, and they look over to their
son, ENOSH, a strapping lad of 437,
standing with his wife, NOAM.
MELCHA
I
know Enosh and Noam. They
give
me grapes.
ENOSH
Only
when no one is looking.
They group laughs again.
ENOCH
Now,
when Enosh was 90, he and
Noam
became the father of Kenan,
who
was a kind and wise ruler
of
our people.
KENAN
Was?
Everyone looks to KENAN, who is dressed
elegantly at the age of 332, and standing
with his wife, MUALELETH.
ENOCH
He
also was given great wisdom by
God
and was the first to recognize
the
growing unrighteousness of men.
God
gave Kenan a message of what
will
happen to us if men continue
to
disobey God.
KENAN
When
I was 40, I said to the
people
that unless they turn back
to
God, he will destroy the world
in
a great flood.
ELISHA
When
will God do that?
KENAN
He
did not say.
ENOCH
Now,
when Kenan was 70, he and
Mualeleth
gave birth to Mahalalel.
MAHALALEL, who stands with the rest of the
group at age 262 with his wife DINAH,
smiles at Enoch.
ENOCH
And
when Mahalalel was 65, he took
Dinah
for his wife, who gave birth
to
my father, Jared.
JARED, at 197, stands with his wife, BARAKA.
ENOCH
And
when Jared was 162, he gave
birth
to Enoch, and that would be
me.
I took Edna for my wife, and
10
years ago, when I was 65, we
gave
birth to a son, Methuselah.
METHUSELAH
That’s
me!
ENOCH
Yes,
my son, that is you.
Enoch looks up and smiles at his wife, EDNA,
who stands with the rest of the
family.
ENOCH
And
now here we are, 697 years
since
the creation of the world
powerless
to stop the decline of
the
sons of Cain. We are thankful
always
for our ancestors, who are
still with us, but as God warned,
will
someday die. I have endeavored
to
write down the lineage of our
fathers
and what God has commanded
us
to do. It is my hope that we
may
gather together annually,
taking
only a small part of our
year
to learn from one another and
for
our fathers to pass their
knowledge
to our sons.
Enoch looks from Adam to little Methuselah.
MAHALALEL
I
feel like there is another
reason
we are here, Enoch. We
know
you have been spending a lot
of
time in seclusion, wrapped up
in
the knowledge and understanding
of
God.
EDNA
Even
I, your wife, see you rarely.
ENOCH
I
find I must secret myself away
from
men and their ways. I wish to
teach
my children what they need to
know,
but the more I learn of God,
the
less I find I know.
KENAN
What
is happening? Is God sending
the
flood?
ENOCH
Not
yet. Man has not yet angered
God
to that extent, however, I
feel
that God wishes to say more
than
he has to any man so far.
I
don’t wish to show myself as
better
than anyone else, for I
am
of the youngest of all of you.
JARED
You
are special, my son. God has
already
given you a great gift.
You
have recorded our family for
generations
to know where they
came
from when we do finally die.
BARAKA
And
we are equally grateful that
you
have taught these things to us.
ENOCH
I
do as God commands. But let us
not
speak of such things now. I
find
myself far too humble to be
the
subject of discussion. Let’s
eat
and save these things for
another
day.
As the group talks amongst themselves and
moves off to the food which has been
brought, Enoch appears reflective.
ENOCH
(to
himself)
I
just don’t know what’s going
to
happen to me next.
INT. ENOCH’S HOUSE - DAY
Enoch is in a private room, kneeling in
prayer to God. A voice issues from
heaven.
ANGEL
Enoch!
Enoch rises.
ENOCH
Here
am I.
ANGEL
Go
from your house and show yourself
to
the sons of men, so you can teach
them
the work they must accomplish
to
enter into the way of the Father
of
all.
ENOCH
Where
shall I go?
ANGEL
You
know the way.
ENOCH
Thank
you, messenger of God.
Enoch walks from his private room into the
rest of his house where Edna,
Methuselah, Elisha, Melcha are sitting as
well as two more children, ELIMELECH,
a
boy, and NAHMAH, a girl.
ENOCH
God
sent a messenger to tell
me
to appear before the people
and
teach them of his ways.
Edna walks calmly over to Enoch and takes his
hands. Fear reigns in her eyes.
EDNA
If
God told you to go, then you
must
go. I won’t hide that I
am
afraid for you, because men
do
not listen to God in some places.
If
you proclaim him, and they do
not
wish to hear you, you could
die
by their hands. They are not
afraid
to do this. Cain may have
repented,
but his children are not
so
regretful.
ENOCH
God
will protect me. He has asked
me
to go, so I will go.
EDNA
Be
careful, my husband.
ENOCH
I
will.
Enoch hugs the children before he goes. He
leaves the house.
Enoch walks boldly through the city streets.
He leaps upon a pedestal and speaks
to the people passing by.
ENOCH
Where
is the man who wishes to know
the
ways of the Father God and
good
works? Let him come to Enoch.
Most people ignore him, though a few seem to be
curious about this bold man.
ENOCH
Where
is the man who wishes to know
the
ways of the Father God and
good
works? Let him come to Enoch.
More men are intrigued by Enoch. They begin
to gather around.
ENOCH
Where
is the man who wishes to know
the
ways of the Father God and
good
works? Let him come to Enoch.
Looking around him, Enoch finds a number have
assembled.
ENOCH
Sons
of Adam, listen to me. The
Lord
spoke to me, saying,
The
Holy One will come forth from his
dwelling,
and the eternal God will
tread
upon the earth, even on Mount
Sinai,
and appear in the strength of
His
might from the heaven of heavens.
And
all shall be smitten with fear
And
the Watchers shall quake, and
great
fear and trembling shall seize
them
to the ends of the earth. And the
high
mountains shall be shaken, and
the
high hills shall be made low, and
shall
melt like wax before the flame
and
the earth shall be wholly rent in
sunder,
and all that is upon the earth
shall
perish, and there shall be a
judgment
on all men. But with the
righteous
he will make peace and will
protect
the elect, and mercy will be
upon
them. And they will all belong to
God,
and they shall be prosperous, and
they
shall all be blessed.
(MORE)
ENOCH (cont’d)
And
he will help them all, and light
shall
appear to them and He will make
peace
with them, and behold! He comes
with
ten thousands of his angels to
execute
judgment upon all, and to
destroy
the ungodly: and to convict
all
flesh of all the works of their
ungodliness
which they have ungodly
committed,
and of all the hard things
which
ungodly sinners have spoken
against
him.
The people are silent around him.
ENOCH
What
will you be? Do you want to
be
of the elect or the sinners?
The people retain their silence.
ENOCH
For
the sinner, the years of your life
will
perish, and the years of your
destruction
shall be multiplied in
eternal
execration and you will find no
mercy.
But to the elect there will be
given
wisdom and light and joy and peace,
and
you will inherit the earth. You shall
not
again transgress or will you sin
all
the days of your life, nor will you
die
of the divine anger or wrath,
but
you shall complete the number of your
days.
Your lives will be increased in
peace,
and the years of your joy will
be
multiplied, in eternal gladness and
peace
all the days of your life.
Enoch stops again and looks around.
MAN
IN CROWD
How
do we find this peace?
ENOCH
Do
as God commands, and He will give you
peace.
The crowd reaches for Enoch, all speaking at
once. Enoch’s words are drowned
out in the tumult, but it is apparent, his message got through to
him.
EXT. A GROVE - DAY
SUPER: “233 years later”
SUPER: “930 Anno Mundi”
Enoch, simply but elegantly dressed, stands
with the rest of his family,
noticeably missing the likenesses of Adam and Eve. Seth
stands before them next to
a
freshly dug plot of ground.
SETH
So
it comes to the end of our father,
Adam’s
life after 930 years upon this
earth.
Let us never forget that he,
like
our mother, Eve, died because
they
transgressed God’s commands and
partook
of the tree of the knowledge
of
good and evil. Through them, we
learn
of the goodness and the justice
of God, our Eternal Father. Today, we
lay
Adam to rest peacefully, his body
returning
to the dust from which God
made
him. My father, Adam, taught me
many
things of God, and I have passed
them
on the best I could. Never let
us
forget that Adam’s father is the
Almighty
God, who created everything
around
us, and that by following His
ways,
we may have a long life on the
earth.
The family applauds Seth’s words. Enoch walks
away from the service. His father,
Jared, approaches him.
JARED
Enoch.
Enoch turns to his father and smiles. They
embrace for a moment and then they
walk away from the grave of Adam.
JARED
I’m
proud of you, son. God has placed
you
where you are needed the most:
ruling
with wisdom over mankind.
ENOCH
I’m
leaving my position of leadership.
JARED
What?
ENOCH
I
am losing sight of God, father. I
need
to do as I did before. Hide
myself
away in order to serve Him.
The
affairs of the land take too much
attention
away from what really
matters.
I have given them wisdom,
and
I will continue to do so, but I
need
to give the land to someone
else.
JARED
How
will you know who to give it to?
ENOCH
God
will show me the way.
EXT. MONTAGE
--Enoch appoints someone else to head over
the country.
--Enoch walks to his former home and into his
private room where he prays again.
--Men appear at his door. He teaches them.
--Enoch teaches on many occasions to men in
small and large groups. They listen
with rapt concentration.
EXT. REMOTE LOCATION - DAY
SUPER: “57 Years Later”
SUPER: “987 Anno Mundi”
Enoch sits upon a rock watching men approach
him. They bow down upon reaching him.
MEN
May
the king live! May the king live!
ENOCH
Rise,
please. I am no longer your
king.
KING
But
you speak with more wisdom than
than
I who reigns in your place. Your
face
shines with a Godlike awe that
drives
men to fear you.
ENOCH
I
am only a man, like you.
KING
Teach
us, so I may lead the people.
ENOCH
Lead
the people as you would, yourself,
be
led. When you judge others, do so
without
regards to who they are, but
in
the facts as you know them.
Suddenly, a light shines down upon Enoch.
Enoch looks up curiously, and halts
the questions of the men.
ANGEL
Enoch!
ENOCH
Here
am I.
ANGEL
The
Lord who reigns in heaven wishes
to
bring you up to heaven to rule
over
the sons of God, and you have
reigned
over the sons of men.
ENOCH
I
am ready.
ANGEL
We
will come for you.
The light dims out. Enoch looks over the
assembly.
ENOCH
I
have been required to ascend into
heaven,
and I do not know the day of
my
going. So I will continue to teach
you
wisdom and knowledge and will give
you
instruction before I leave you:
how
to act upon earth and how you
are
to live.
Time lapses as Enoch teaches the men. He
writes many things down and gives them
to the men. Finally, they lift up their eyes and see a horse
descending from
heaven, galloping through the air. The men are stunned. Enoch looks
upon it with
rapt joy.
KING
Enoch!
A horse descends from the
heavens!
ENOCH
It
is on my account that this horse
descends
upon the earth. The time has
come
when I must go from you and I
will
no more be seen by you.
The horse completes its descent and stands
before Enoch. Enoch calls out to the men
assembled.
ENOCH
I
have given you wisdom and knowledge
and
divine instruction. Serve the Lord
your
God and walk in all His ways all
the
days of your lives.
Enoch climbs upon the horse and gallops away.
The men mount their horses and
follow behind him. All night into the next day, they follow Enoch on
his ride.
Enoch finally stops and turns to them.
ENOCH
Return
home to your tents. Why do you
follow?
Some of the caravan turns away, but many
remain.
ENOCH
You
must return.
KING
We
will follow you to the place you are
going.
As the Lord lives, only death
will
separate us.
Enoch turns and gallops away again. The men
follow. Enoch turns back to them.
ENOCH
(yelling)
Go
back! You cannot follow me!
KING
(yelling)
Never!
Only death will part us!
ENOCH
(yelling)
No!
Enoch gallops faster. They try to keep up
with him.
Suddenly, a whirlwind rises from the ground
and lifts Enoch and his horse. The
horses of the men who followed him panic and throw them to the ground.
Enoch’s horse changes into a fiery chariot,
pulled by two fiery horses. Fire
floods the ground engulfing the men who were closest. Enoch ascends
into the
heavens and is gone.
The men who were beyond the edge of the fire
watch in awe and wonder.
END OF ACT THREE
Source Material:
From the Bible:
Genesis 1:1 - 5:24
From Extra-Canonical Works:
Book of Jasher 1:1 - 3:38
Book of the Jubilees Chapter 4
Book of Enoch Chapters 1 & 5