1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
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Genesis 12:11 · נָ֣אAs he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,Genesis 12:13 · נָ֖אPlease say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”Genesis 13:8 · נָ֨אSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.Genesis 13:9 · נָ֖אIs not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”Genesis 13:14 · נָ֤אAfter Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,Genesis 15:5 · נָ֣אAnd the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Genesis 16:2 · נָ֞א · נָא֙So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Genesis 18:3 · נָ֨א · נָ֥א“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.Genesis 18:4 · נָ֣אLet a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.Genesis 18:21 · נָּ֣אI will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”Genesis 18:27 · נָ֤אThen Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—Genesis 18:30 · נָ֞אThen Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”Genesis 18:31 · נָ֤אAnd Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”Genesis 18:32 · נָ֞אFinally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”Genesis 19:2 · נָּא־ · נָ֠אand said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”Genesis 19:7 · נָ֥א“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!Genesis 19:8 · נָ֨א · נָּ֤אLook, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”Genesis 19:18 · נָ֖אBut Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!Genesis 19:19 · נָ֠אYour servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.Genesis 19:20 · נָ֠א · נָּ֜אLook, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”Genesis 22:2 · נָ֠א“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”Genesis 24:2 · נָ֥אSo Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,Genesis 24:12 · נָ֥א“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.Genesis 24:14 · נָ֤אNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”Genesis 24:17 · נָ֛אSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”Genesis 24:23 · נָ֖א“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”Genesis 24:42 · נָּא֙So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!Genesis 24:43 · נָ֥אHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’Genesis 24:45 · נָֽא׃And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’Genesis 25:30 · נָא֙He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)Genesis 26:28 · נָ֥א“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with youGenesis 27:2 · נָ֖א“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.Genesis 27:3 · נָ֣אTake your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.Genesis 27:9 · נָא֙Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.Genesis 27:19 · נָ֣אJacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”Genesis 27:21 · נָּ֥אThen Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”Genesis 27:26 · נָּ֥אThen his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”Genesis 30:14 · נָ֣אNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 30:27 · נָ֛אBut Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”Genesis 31:12 · נָ֨א‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.Genesis 32:11 · נָ֛אPlease deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.Genesis 32:29 · נָּ֣אAnd Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.Genesis 33:10 · נָא֙ · נָ֨אBut Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.Genesis 33:11 · נָ֤אPlease accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.Genesis 33:14 · נָ֥אPlease let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”Genesis 33:15 · נָּ֣א“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”Genesis 34:8 · נָ֥אBut Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.Genesis 37:6 · נָ֕אHe said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:Genesis 37:14 · נָ֨אThen Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,Genesis 37:16 · נָּ֣א“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”Genesis 37:32 · נָ֗אThey sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”Genesis 38:16 · נָּא֙Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.Genesis 38:25 · נָ֔אAs she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”Genesis 40:8 · נָ֖א“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”Genesis 40:14 · נָּ֥אBut when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.Genesis 44:18 · נָ֨אThen Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.Genesis 44:33 · נָ֤אNow please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.Genesis 45:4 · נָ֥אThen Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!Genesis 47:4 · נָ֥אThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”Genesis 47:29 · נָ֨א · נָ֥א · נָ֥אWhen the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,Genesis 48:9 · נָ֥אJoseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”Genesis 50:4 · נָ֨א · נָ֕אWhen the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh thatGenesis 50:5 · נָּ֛אmy father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”Genesis 50:17 · נָ֠א · נָ֔א‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.Exodus 3:3 · נָּ֣אSo Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”Exodus 3:18 · נָּ֞אThe elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’Exodus 4:6 · נָ֤אFurthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.Exodus 4:13 · נָ֖אBut Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”Exodus 4:18 · נָּ֗אThen Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.Exodus 5:3 · נָּ֡א“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”Exodus 10:11 · נָ֤אNo, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.Exodus 10:17 · נָ֤אNow please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”Exodus 11:2 · נָ֖אNow announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”Exodus 32:32 · נָ֔אYet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”Exodus 33:13 · נָא֩ · נָא֙Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”Exodus 33:18 · נָ֖אThen Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”Exodus 34:9 · נָא֩ · נָ֥א“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”Numbers 10:31 · נָ֖א“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.Numbers 11:15 · נָא֙If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”Numbers 12:6 · נָ֣אHe said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.Numbers 12:11 · נָ֨אand said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.Numbers 12:12 · נָ֥אPlease do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”Numbers 12:13 · נָ֛א · נָ֖אSo Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”Numbers 14:17 · נָ֖אSo now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:Numbers 14:19 · נָ֗אPardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”Numbers 16:8 · נָ֖אMoses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!Numbers 16:26 · נָ֡אAnd he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”Numbers 20:10 · נָא֙Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”Numbers 20:17 · נָּ֣אPlease let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”Numbers 22:6 · נָּ֨אSo please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”Numbers 22:16 · נָ֥אThey came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,Numbers 22:17 · נָּא֙for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”Numbers 22:19 · נָ֥אSo now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”Numbers 23:13 · נָּ֨אThen Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”Numbers 23:27 · נָּא֙“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”Deuteronomy 3:25 · נָּ֗אPlease let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”Deuteronomy 4:32 · נָא֩Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?Joshua 2:12 · נָ֥אNow therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure signJoshua 7:19 · נָ֣א · נָ֥אSo Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”Joshua 22:26 · נָּ֣אThat is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.Judges 1:24 · נָא֙and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”Judges 4:19 · נָ֥אSisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.Judges 6:17 · נָ֛אGideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.Judges 6:18 · נָ֨אPlease do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”Judges 6:39 · נָּא־ · נָ֨אThen Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”Judges 7:3 · נָ֜אNow, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.Judges 8:5 · נָא֙So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”Judges 9:2 · נָ֞א“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”Judges 9:38 · נָ֥א“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”Judges 10:15 · נָ֖א“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”Judges 11:17 · נָּ֣אThen Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.Judges 11:19 · נָּ֥אAnd Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’Judges 12:6 · נָ֨אthey told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.Judges 13:3 · נָ֤אThe angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Judges 13:4 · נָ֔אNow please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.Judges 13:8 · נָ֥אThen Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”Judges 13:15 · נָּ֣א“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”Judges 14:12 · נָּ֥א“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.Judges 15:2 · נָ֥א“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”Judges 16:6 · נָּ֣אSo Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”Judges 16:10 · נָּ֣אThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”Judges 16:28 · נָא֩ · נָ֜אThen Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”Judges 18:5 · נָ֣אThen they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”Judges 19:6 · נָ֥אSo they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”Judges 19:8 · נָא֙On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.Judges 19:9 · נָא֩ · נָ֞אWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”Judges 19:11 · נָּ֛אWhen they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”Judges 19:23 · נָ֑אThe owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.Judges 19:24 · נָּ֤אLook, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”Ruth 2:2 · נָּ֤אAnd Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.Ruth 2:7 · נָּא֙She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”1 Samuel 2:36 · נָ֛אAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”1 Samuel 3:17 · נָ֥א“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”1 Samuel 9:3 · נָ֤אOne day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”1 Samuel 9:6 · נָ֤א“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”1 Samuel 9:18 · נָּ֣אSaul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”1 Samuel 10:15 · נָּ֣א“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”1 Samuel 14:17 · נָ֣אSaul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.1 Samuel 14:29 · נָא֙“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.1 Samuel 15:25 · נָ֖אNow therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”1 Samuel 15:30 · נָ֛א“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”1 Samuel 16:15 · נָ֧אSaul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.1 Samuel 16:16 · נָ֤אLet our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”1 Samuel 16:17 · נָ֣אAnd Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”1 Samuel 16:22 · נָ֤אThen Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”1 Samuel 17:17 · נָ֤אOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.1 Samuel 19:2 · נָ֣אso he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.1 Samuel 20:29 · נָ֡א · נָּ֖אsaying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”1 Samuel 20:36 · נָא֙He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.1 Samuel 22:3 · נָ֞אFrom there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
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