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Am." >> basically, moses is given the mission. go down. shall we sing it? go down moses? go down and tell pharaoh to let my people go. >> you know, moses is very reluctant when god signals to him that he has to be the leader of the jews. and his first response is effectively i dont want to be or i wouldnt be good at it. >> he is an unsure leader. dont pick me, god. how many of us have -- you know, if some finger came out of the sky and said you, we would say no, not me, not me. >> reporter: but ...

Go down. shall we sing it? go down moses? go down and tell pharaoh to let my people go. >> you know, moses is very reluctant when god signals to him that he has to be the leader of the jews. and his first response is effectively i dont want to be or i wouldnt be good at it. >> he is an unsure leader. dont pick me, god. how many of us have -- you know, if some finger came out of the sky and said you, we would say no, not me, not me. >> reporter: but it turns out there was another figure in ancien...

His name, yahweh. in hebrew it means "i am who i am." >> basically, moses is given the mission. go down. shall we sing it? go down moses? go down and tell pharaoh to let my people go. >> you know, moses is very reluctant when god signals to him that he has to be the leader of the jews. and his first response is effectively i dont want to be or i wouldnt be good at it. >> he is an unsure leader. dont pick me, god. how many of us have -- you know, if some finger came out of the sky and said you, w...

Amanah. >> quite a deserty space. >> the pharaoh that built this citys revolutionary ideas about just one god shook ancient egypt to its core. >> how are you? >> what does your name mean? >> its a classic arabic name meaning the story teller. >> she says that when he gave up the comfort of his palaces along the fertile nile delta and moved to this desolate place, it was an act of devotion to his one god. why did he come here? what kind of an outlier was he? >> the idea was to find a place that w...

Mission. go down -- shall we sing it? go down, moses. go down and tell pharaoh to let my people go. >> god signals to him that he has to be the leader of the jews. and his first response is effectively i dont want to. or i wouldnt be good at it. >> hes an unsure leader. dont pick me, god. how many of us -- you know, if some finger came out of the sky and said you, we would say no, not me, not me. >> but it turns out there was another figure in ancient egypt who didnt hesitate to give everything ...