It was the fulfilment of a prophecy foretold centuries earlier, a dark and terrible promise that would send vanquishing armies storming to victory in the Egyptian desert, sweep a downtrodden people into exile in the barren Sinai, and plunge a holy nation ruled by a bloodthirsty Canaanite warrior into unholy war. In a land blackened by plague and persecution, one family would arise to stand beside the greatest rulers the world had seen. And together they would play a pivotal role in a confrontation that would change the course of human history.
