It was also at the party that Moses meets a captured woman named Tzipporah who is presented to Rameses as a potential wife. Seti agreed and later that night, he made Rameses Prince Regent. After Rameses was called "a weak link in the chain" Moses asked Seti if Rameses could just have the opportunity to prove that he's worthy of the throne. After being confronted by Seti, Rameses got in more trouble than Moses because he was next in line for the throne and Moses wasn't. One day, Moses (now approximately 18) and Rameses, were racing through the temple of Ra and made a mess of it. Over the years, Moses grew up in a carefree life as a prince. Moses and Rameses during their chariot racing. Queen Tuya names the boy Moses (which means "raised from the river"). Miriam, who followed the basket to the palace, finds her brother in a place of safety and prays that he will return to deliver the Hebrews out of Egypt. Tuya is smitten with the child she finds within and decides to keep him. The basket finds its way to the royal palace and is found by Seti's wife Queen Tuya, who is by the river with her young son Rameses and her servants. Yocheved, nearly pursued by Egyptian guards, kisses her child and desperately sends him down the river, in the hopes that he will find sanctuary somewhere else. As the cries of mothers and babies echoed through Egypt, a Hebrew woman named Yocheved along with her daughter Miriam, and son Aaron, takes her newborn baby son to the Nile and place him in a basket.īaby Moses about be set adrift in his basket. Seti feared that as the Hebrews grew in number, they would attempt to overthrow him. Yet throughout the film, Moses maintains his loving nature and free-spirit.Īt the beginning of the film, Pharaoh Seti I orders that all the newborn Hebrew Baby Boys are killed to prevent the Hebrew population from overtaking that of the Egyptians. When Moses escaped Egypt and lived in Midian, he became more responsible as a shepherd and care-giver to the people of Jethro's tribe.Īfter Moses was chosen by God to become the leader of the Hebrews, he had to adopt a more serious personality. He began to care about Hebrew slaves and became sensitive to his "superiority". He tended towards recklessness in addition to his good qualities.īut after God revealed to him his true heritage through a dream, Moses's personality underwent a change. However, Moses was also very privileged and insensitive towards those "beneath" him. He was also very loving towards his "mother", Queen Tuya, his "father", Pharaoh Seti, and his "older brother", Rameses. While growing up, Moses lived the carefree life of a prince. He was voiced by Val Kilmer, who also voiced God in this film, and also portrayed Chris Knight in Real Genius, Madmartigan in Willow and Batman in Batman Forever, and by Amick Byram for his singing voice (though his singing is in his head). He is the second son and youngest child of Yocheved, the younger brother of Aaron and Miriam, the adoptive son of Pharaoh Seti and Queen Tuya, the adoptive younger brother of Rameses, the husband of Tzipporah and the son-in-law of Jethro. Moses is the titular main protagonist of DreamWorks' 2nd full-length animated feature film The Prince of Egypt, a retelling of the Biblical Book of Exodus and it's musical. ~ Moses' last words to his adoptive brother, Rameses. ~ Moses encouraging the Hebrews to believe. But there is one thing he cannot take away from you: Your faith. With one word: Pharaoh can take away your very lives. He can take away your sons and daughters. He can take away your food, your home, your freedom.
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