I watched the whole thing, and had a bad feeling throughout.
The dialogue was all “made up”, and didn’t jibe with actual Scripture. I was expecting sentences that never got said, and heard ones that aren’t in the Bible.
All the characters came across as boorish and unlikable, except perhaps for adorable little Ishmael, who was supposed to be 14 and looked around 9. (A 14 year old would be too gawky and adolescent to be attractive!)
Sarah came across as a total bitch, who hated Ishmael for no reason, although the Bible CLEARLY states that Ishmael was Teasing (sporting with, playing with, tormenting, bullying) Baby Isaac. The Hebrew commentaries even go so far as to say that this “teasing” bordered on molestation.
The Three Angels were depicted shrouded in black, and were threatening to Abraham, even though in Genesis, He invited them into his tent, washed their feet, and made them welcome. It was at that point in time when Sarah Laughed at the prospect of her impending Pregnancy, thus giving Isaac his name (Laughter!)
Then they LEFT OUT the most beautiful, redemptive , and inspiring story in the entire Torah, the Story of Joseph! How Could they leave THAT ONE OUT? Without the story of Joseph, there would be NO Book of Exodus at all!
They showed the children of Israel getting extremely WET as they crossed the Red Sea, yet the Bible says they walked through on DRY land.
The Entire Book of Genesis (With NOTHING left out, even Dinah’s and Tamar’s Stories are in there...eek!) was produced several years ago by the Genesis Project. It was four hours long and I watched every second of it in rapt attention. Martin Landau played Abraham, and he was magnificent. The separate stories have been broken up into smaller films and are all available on Netflix.
I was so un-edified by this poorly made revisionist junk that I read My Bible for about a half hour and came back refreshed and ready for a new day.
I have to admit that they did not hit on how cruel Hagar was to Sarah onnce she had the “I birthed your son” and even Abrham y,,
Abram told.Sarai to.deal with her as she saw fit. This lets mebthink that Hagar lorded it over Sarie’s head...