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Question about Bithia (spoiler).


When she admits hiding Moses' true identity, Seti tells her to leave and not show her face again. After that, we don't see her again until Passover Night, when Moses allows her and her servants into the gathering. She tells Moses, "In fear of your God, they have set me free." Where was she set free from? Where was she all this time?

"The storm cannot be stopped, but it can be survived.'"

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I assume she was in prison.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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?and after being imprisoned all that time she still managed to look like a million bucks

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Prison was not a normal form of punishment in the ancient world. One was killed or made a slave or exiled as a rule. Bithia, probably, was simply taken away from the court and given a residence befitting her birth-right. Exiled.

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Well, because of her high-class status, you are probably right. The lowly Joseph spent time in prison, though.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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