Rebekah in this movie is cruel old psychic that beat slaves? Rebekah in Bible doesn't provide fortune-teller service. Where did the twist get this idea?Rachel refused to marry Jacob and ask her sister Leah to replace her? or it is Laban's idea and the tradition of marring Older Sister first? Rebekah's motive to ask Jacob to get the birthright is not because his talent of leadership. It is so dumb to even think this. Why Did God said "I am God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob"? The author doesn't have clue what Bible is talking about. -Why Joseph is so grown up even before they go back to Esau?

Well acted but watch for gross historical inaccuracies as the author must have desperately tried to make the Jews coming into Egypt more of a romantic adventure.True, this is a story of family betrayal and ultimate redemption, but come on, let's not lose sight of historical events occurring as they did.Laban is made out to be a drunken man, instead of the man who tricked Jacob into marrying Leah instead of his beloved Rachel.Leah's sons were evil, but killing a king and destroying their step-sister's opportunity was a bit over the top. After their dastardly deed, they are mentioned in the rest of the picture, but there is no talk of what became of them, unless the author meant letting nature and the years take their course.

Acting and production values are high. Thought this would delve into the biblical stories and theorize the life of women in this era. I fully expected a measure of creative licensing away from the core story, BUT did not expect that God's relevance would be taken out of it almost completely and the few references they gave have been negative. To me this is blasphemy. If they had just created names, changed a few events and said it was a story about the era, it would have been fine and more believable. Haven't seen the end and don't want to - read enough reviews of the book to realize it will only get worse. It's like if you went to see the Titanic to find out it was all about global warming and the poor melting iceberg.

I would not say this is the most accurate version of events, thus earning the rating of 8. I did enjoy it, though. The performances were solid, the cast was well-chosen. Our only problem was that we recorded this as we were not to be at home for it. Tonight I got through #1, but the #2 Red Tent was heavily pixilated and jumping throughout almost the entire program.This also included the dialog. After I struggled through #2, I went back to watching live TV. I've had no trouble with the TV reception.The usual "fixes" for that were ineffectual. I was disappointed, as regardless of accuracy, this was an interestingly written tale.I hope I will be able to rent it sometime, so I can see the full story.