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00:10I'm here looking for my uncle, Laban.
00:12He's my father.
00:13Cousin!
00:13Previously on The Faithful.
00:15I'm an eligible bachelor.
00:17What a man. I love him.
00:19You take my daughter's hand in marriage.
00:21Will you marry me?
00:22Rachel.
00:23You've broken my heart.
00:25You cannot love him like I do.
00:27Perhaps there's a way to keep them here for another seven years.
00:30She did this to trap me.
00:32In the eyes of the world, Leia and I are married.
00:34Where you won't treat her as your real wife?
00:36It'll just be you and me.
00:37Jacob, we're going to have a son.
01:03I know.
01:05I know.
01:06The baby is the fruit of your sister's deception, but here we are.
01:10No, no.
01:11It's not the babe's fault.
01:13I shall still be a loving aunt.
01:19That's my son.
01:21A hearty arrival into this world.
01:24If you're staying away from me, you don't have to.
01:26This is important.
01:29You're certain?
01:29Yes.
01:31Don't be a father.
01:47His name's Ruben.
01:51Ruben.
01:52Ruben.
02:03It's the happiest day of my life.
02:23Jacob promised Rachel that nothing would alter their love or life together.
02:28You'd be good for your mother.
02:29But my life was realized the moment our child was born.
02:34My dreams came into focus.
02:37As hers began to fade,
02:41I felt her pain.
02:58Hour by hour,
02:59day by day,
03:02Jacob and I spun towards one another
03:04until
03:05we were one.
03:21Lord,
03:23bless my son,
03:24Ruben,
03:25on his first birthday.
03:27Make him strong
03:28to live a life in your service.
03:31Amen.
04:02Oh, what a talent, eh?
04:07What are you making?
04:08A toy for Ruben.
04:10Aw,
04:11that's most kind, sister.
04:12Well, it must be hard
04:13to see Jacob and Leia's closeness.
04:16Yes, they are looking quite the happy little family.
04:18I've hardly noticed.
04:20Besides,
04:20they have a child together.
04:21It's impossible for them to not share a closeness,
04:24but it's me,
04:25Jacob loves.
04:26It's my tantrum,
04:27who spends his nights.
04:28She's getting rather testy.
04:30Perhaps our monthly friend
04:32is visiting her way.
04:33Move away.
04:36Oh, here.
04:38I call upon my household gods
04:40to bless
04:41my beautiful grandchild.
04:45And I brought one for you
04:47to place upon your hearth.
04:50Um,
04:51Ruben has been blessed already
04:53by Jacob's god,
04:55the Lord himself.
04:56Your daughter understands.
04:59My god is very important to me.
05:01Our god.
05:03I believe in him, too.
05:06Yeah.
05:07Yes.
05:08Our god.
05:10And my descendants
05:11shall continue in our faith.
05:13Oh.
05:14Hmm.
05:17These are so gods
05:18who handed down to me
05:19from my father
05:20to his father before that.
05:22Please don't take offence.
05:24Please don't take offence.
05:25I know you mean well.
05:30Huh.
05:33How can I take offence
05:34when you have given me
05:36the most perfect grant?
05:40He has brought
05:41so much joy
05:42to my life.
05:47love her, Ruben.
05:49You'll be playing
05:50with us next.
05:52Yeah.
05:53Room.
05:55No.
05:57Good boy.
05:59You won't be gone too long?
06:01Uh, only a few weeks,
06:03as I imagine.
06:04There's quite a handful
06:05of merchants
06:06to trade with
06:07along the main road
06:08who have interest
06:08in our wall.
06:10I hope your brothers
06:11and the shepherds
06:11you're traveling with
06:12keep you safe.
06:13I would come
06:14were it not for Ruben.
06:20I was thinking
06:22when I return
06:23it might be high time
06:26for me to focus
06:27my efforts less
06:28on family business
06:29and more
06:30on starting
06:31a family with you.
06:32Yes.
06:32We do need to move faster
06:34if you were to bear
06:35my next eleven children.
06:36Yes, your magical twelves.
06:50So fun.
06:52Good night.
07:03They're like little stars.
07:07It reminds me
07:08of the vision
07:09I had on my way
07:10to Haran
07:11when I saw
07:12the angels.
07:14They were far away.
07:19Ethereal.
07:20Difficult to behold
07:21with the eye
07:21but at the same time
07:23bright
07:24and beautiful.
07:26I wish I could have
07:27seen it.
07:29I remember when you
07:31told us that story
07:32the first time we met
07:33I was so impressed
07:36that God himself
07:37had spoken to you.
07:42I haven't heard
07:43the Lord's voice
07:43in a long time
07:44but I often reach out
07:46to the memory
07:47of that vision
07:48in difficult moments.
07:50You're a man
07:51of deep faith.
07:53It's what drew me to you.
08:01I've lost track of time.
08:03I should leave.
08:04Must you?
08:07You know Rachel
08:08wouldn't appreciate me
08:09tarrying in your tent.
08:10Playing family with you.
08:13Spending time together.
08:15our late night
08:16conversations.
08:19Sometimes I wonder
08:20if you might not
08:21love me too.
08:27Leah, it's not
08:28what you think.
08:28I love
08:32I love the life
08:34that you have given me.
08:35Should that not be enough?
08:49Husband!
08:51Miss me?
08:53I have no idea.
08:56Let's go make a baby then.
09:01Mom.
09:14Two cycles
09:15and still not pregnant.
09:17Guess we'll have
09:18to keep trying.
09:24What?
09:27There's no pleasant
09:28way to tell you this
09:30but when you were
09:31gone a few months ago
09:32I spent a night
09:33with your sister.
09:35and now
09:36she's pregnant.
09:37And now
10:03she's pregnant.
10:04Are you ever
10:04going to forgive me?
10:08It's been a week
10:09Rachel.
10:09You've hardly
10:09said two words
10:10to me.
10:11Do you think
10:11that's sufficient
10:12time to stop
10:13being angry
10:13when I'm to be
10:14cruelly reminded
10:15for the next
10:16nine months
10:17of your indiscretion
10:18every time
10:18I look at
10:19Leah's swollen belly?
10:20It is not
10:21an indiscretion!
10:22Leah is also
10:23my wife!
10:23This is not
10:24what we agreed on.
10:25Oh the agreement
10:26to act as if Leah
10:26isn't a part
10:27of this family?
10:27It doesn't work!
10:30You are the love
10:31of my life
10:32Rachel.
10:33It hurts me
10:34to hurt you
10:35but the truth
10:36is I care
10:37for Leah too.
10:38She is the mother
10:39of my child
10:40soon to be children.
10:42Now she must have
10:43manipulated you
10:44fallen into your arms
10:46sobbing over her loneliness
10:47going out of a heart
10:49She has rights too
10:50as my wife
10:51and I can no longer
10:52pretend that she doesn't exist
10:53or that we are not
10:54truly married
10:55when we share
10:56so many intimate
10:56moments together
10:57as parents.
10:59You can't possibly
11:00understand.
11:00Why won't I understand?
11:02Because I'm not a mother!
11:10What are you doing?
11:12There's only one way
11:13to fix this problem
11:13and I clearly have
11:14a lot of catching up
11:15to do.
11:40with each child
11:42born to Jacob and I
11:43my life grew fuller
11:45and fuller
11:46I had everything
11:47Rachel wanted
11:48my sister was always
11:50strong
11:51sure
11:53unshakable
11:58but she was bending
11:59under the weight
12:00of disappointment
12:11and one can only bend
12:14so much
12:15before one breaks
12:44what is it?
12:45what's wrong?
12:50Jacob
12:52please
12:52give me children
12:53or I shall die
12:54it's been
12:55six years
12:56I can't bear it
12:57any longer
13:00we're trying
13:00everything we can
13:02I want this
13:03so badly
13:04too
13:04do you?
13:05you seem
13:05perfectly content
13:06to have an entire
13:07brood of my
13:08sister's children
13:09how can you say
13:10such a thing?
13:11I am desperate
13:13to have a child
13:14with you
13:14but am I in the
13:15place of God
13:16who has chosen
13:17to deny you
13:18a baby?
13:18no you're the one
13:19who has denied me
13:20a chance to catch up
13:21with Leia
13:21it is painful enough
13:23that you can't stop
13:24sleeping with my sister
13:25but she seems
13:26to become pregnant
13:26when you even
13:27cast an eye
13:28upon her
13:28you asked for
13:29twelve children
13:30you already have
13:31eight
13:31and none of them
13:32are by me
13:33then tell me
13:34Rachel
13:36what would you
13:37have me do?
13:39stop betting
13:40my sister
13:41or I will
13:41stop betting you
13:46the serpent
13:47approached Eve
13:48and told her
13:49to eat
13:50of the fruit
13:51of knowledge
13:51that her eyes
13:53shall open
13:55and she'll know
13:56good
13:56from evil
14:00but I must
14:01leave you
14:01in suspense
14:03and it's time
14:04for sleep
14:08come on
14:09my sons
14:13my bed grows
14:14cold these days
14:14husband
14:16keep me company
14:18tonight
14:19I would
14:20but I can't
14:22your sister
14:23had me swear
14:23that I would
14:24no longer
14:24visit your tent
14:26be patient
14:27babe
14:42look what Reuben
14:43found
14:44sister
14:47are those
14:48mandrakes
14:49yes
14:49it is said
14:50that mandrake roots
14:51when made into a tea
14:53can help those
14:53struggling to conceive
14:55I've heard of such a rare route
14:58give it here
15:00I see
15:02you're after something
15:04what will you have
15:05in exchange then?
15:08one night with Jacob
15:11you want me to trade
15:12Jacob
15:13for your son's mandrakes?
15:15what's one night
15:16for something
15:16that could give you
15:17the babe
15:18that you've wanted
15:18above all else?
15:26fine
15:26one night
15:33hello husband
15:36don't be alarmed
15:39Rachel knows
15:41she and I
15:42made an arrangement
16:01sister
16:04I must speak with you
16:07I'm not quite sure
16:09how to say this
16:13I am with child again
16:17again
16:20and you won
16:22another babe
16:26my little gamble
16:27with the mandrakes
16:28did not work so well
16:29for me
16:31God favors you
16:33indeed
16:34I'm sorry
16:35I cannot imagine
16:37the pain
16:37that you must be in
16:38please
16:40don't pretend
16:40to feel sorry
16:41for me
16:42I know my failures
16:43must be a great joy
16:44to you
16:44they are not
16:46I
16:47I have born
16:48Jacob
16:49many children
16:50I am content
16:52being the mother
16:52of a large family
16:53is all I've wanted
16:54for a long time
16:55how wonderful
16:56for you
16:58my dear sister
17:00I have had quite enough
17:02of this rivalry
17:03over the years
17:06this child
17:07shall be my last
17:10your last?
17:14really?
17:16yes Rachel
17:19I love you
17:21despite everything
17:24two sisters
17:26one heart
17:27remember?
17:30I wish to see
17:32your desires
17:32come to fruition too
17:34I want to see you
17:35happy
17:44sister
17:46I don't know
17:47if it's possible
17:48for me to be with child
17:49we've tried for so long
17:52well then let me help
17:55woman to woman
17:58I may have given Jacob
17:59his firstborn
18:01but perhaps
18:01you could give him
18:02his youngest
18:04a child that would be
18:05just as special
18:06in his own way
18:17you've always been
18:19self-reliant
18:20a practical woman
18:21and you have made
18:23your way so far
18:25on reason
18:26and resilience
18:27but
18:29sometimes
18:30don't you
18:31feel that
18:33there are things
18:34on this earth
18:35that cannot be explained
18:36by logic alone
18:38more and more
18:39he says
18:40we must accept
18:42that not everything
18:43can be within our
18:44control
18:44sister
18:47the faith
18:48in something
18:49godly out there
18:50that's
18:51that's what
18:52gives me hope
18:55come
18:57shall we pray
19:10dear lord
19:12i pray for my sister
19:15that you remember her
19:16that you open her womb
19:20giving her what she
19:21and your faithful servant
19:23jacob have so long
19:24desired
19:35now the only thing to wish
19:36for is a healthy
19:37and easy pregnancy
19:49she's looking very pale
19:51stay with us
19:52stay with us
19:53the baby's nearly here
19:54i'll fetch some fresh
19:56stuff
19:59how is she
20:01she's doing the best
20:02that she can
20:03but
20:03jacob
20:04our mother died
20:05giving birth to rachel
20:06and she seems to be
20:07experiencing similar
20:09difficulties
20:09i can't lose her
20:10i can't live without her
20:12i know
20:15me neither
20:29you did it
20:31you did it
20:32rachel
20:34rachel no
20:35please god
20:36no
20:37sister
20:38sister
20:51thank god
20:53thank god
21:00my youngest son
21:01joseph
21:04now this is the happiest day of my life
21:13come on
21:14let's go
21:15come on
21:17i can't tell if father's taking the news well
21:20is that a while to prepare himself
21:23jacob and i have always planned to leave for canaan once we're married
21:26i must say i am worried
21:28you are always worried
21:29but is it safe
21:30what about jacob's brother who wanted to kill him has his anger been assuaged
21:35he could be putting our lives in danger
21:37our family's lives in danger
21:40leaving our home and everything we've ever known with nothing
21:44i would never let us leave with nothing
21:47i told jacob to negotiate with father i've built this family's fortune sheep by sheep
21:52and we're deserving of our share
21:54as for jacob's family
21:56as you've taught me once
21:58sister
21:58let me now be the one to remind you
22:00we must have faith
22:05we've spoken
22:06and your father has been quite accommodating
22:09i must say
22:12it's going to be
22:13very hard
22:15to part with my beloved daughters
22:17frankly a tragedy
22:21left at home alone
22:22with those two
22:27he has even been generous enough
22:29to offer some of the flock
22:30really
22:31yes of course
22:33i am very well aware that i have only been blessed with good fortune
22:36because of you and jacob
22:39so i would like you
22:40to go to the flock
22:41and separate out both the speckled
22:43and the spotted sheep
22:45and have them for yourselves
22:47that's a tenth of the herd
22:49thank you
22:50that is generous
22:51oh no
22:52speak nothing of it
22:54what kind of father would i be
22:56if i did not set
22:57my children up for success
23:00now
23:00here
23:01look
23:14i don't see a single black or speckled sheep
23:18no
23:18neither do i
23:21we did as you said father
23:23we separated all the spotted sheep
23:25and hid them away
23:27rachel and jacob will never find them
23:28good
23:29and they won't be taking anything that is rightfully ours
23:32with nothing to their name
23:34i suspect they won't be leaving haran either
23:37my father tricked us
23:38we can't let him win
23:40we were right to that flock
23:42i shall go to him and speak true
23:44that will get us nowhere
23:45we can't prove anything
23:47and if we accuse him now
23:48he'll simply come up with another trick
23:50then we must bide our time
23:52regrow the flock and trick him right back
23:54but how are we going to rebuild the flock
23:56without any black or speckled sheep to breed with
23:58besides
23:59it took me nearly 20 years to go in my father's herd
24:02my love
24:02i will find a way
24:04i don't know how i am so certain
24:06but i promise you
24:07it will not take another 20 years
24:11remember
24:12you taught me everything you know
24:13as the best shepherdess in haran
24:17even the best shepherdess isn't capable of miracles
24:20trust me
24:22trust me
24:23trust me
24:58Joseph, wait.
25:02Come, sister, come.
25:04Jacob, you have bred an entire flock out of thin air, and in only a handful of years.
25:10How?
25:11I took poplar, almond and plain, stripped back the bark to expose the white underneath,
25:17then put them in the trough, and set all the white sheep from your father's flock to drink from it.
25:23And when they would breed, all of the lambs were spotted and speckled.
25:26An unusual methodology, is it not? I'd never heard of it.
25:30It was as if I woke up one morning and just knew. I believe it was God. He favored us.
25:38You've come a long way from the man who hardly knew how to milk a cow.
25:42But now that we have our own flock, how will we take them with us?
25:46Father will never allow it.
25:49That is why we cannot tell your father.
25:53We all just sneak away without even saying goodbye.
25:56Yes, sister. We must slip away in the night.
26:16Father!
26:17What?
26:17Father, they're gone.
26:19Father, they're gone.
26:22Who's gone?
26:22Take a blame, Rachel.
26:23And all of their children and the entire camp.
26:26The whole place is empty.
26:28And they've made off with half of our flock.
26:31All the black and spotted sheep.
26:33Oh.
26:33Leaving us with a very small and weak herd.
26:35They profited off of us.
26:37They fooled us.
26:38Took what was ours right out from under us.
26:40Oh!
26:43Oh, they tricked me!
26:45Dear old father!
26:50Go to town.
26:51Gather up your men.
26:52We will give chase.
26:53I'll take everything back!
26:55By force, if necessary.
26:56Go!
26:57Get your men!
26:58Go!
27:16Go!
27:18Go!
27:33Why are fathers' idols hidden in your saddle?
27:38I snuck into his camp before we left and I stoked them.
27:42Why?
27:42Our father and brothers will have discovered our absence by now
27:45and are surely giving chase.
27:47When they catch us, and they will catch us,
27:49they'll seize our flocks and send us away empty-handed.
27:52I can't let that happen.
27:54Father is so very attached to the idols,
27:57and our brothers want them for themselves.
27:59This will only antagonize them.
28:01That's exactly what I'm counting on.
28:03Just trust me.
28:05We need a contingency plan, and this is it.
28:12And say nothing of this to Jacob.
28:36Damn.
28:43Jacob, Jacob, you left without saying a word.
28:48You think it's right to take away a man's daughters
28:51like captives of the sword in the night?
28:54You are here to take what is rightfully ours.
28:57How can you say this?
28:59You are the one that cheated me!
29:01If you're speaking of our herd,
29:02then we have a right to every creature that we've taken.
29:04I don't think your brothers or our men
29:07are going to agree with that.
29:09Besides, there is also the matter of the household idols.
29:14You do know, don't you,
29:15that it is a sinful offense
29:17to take a man's gods from him.
29:19Not to mention their familial significance.
29:21Those idols have always been held
29:22by the leader of our family.
29:24I have not taken your precious household gods.
29:27That would be a sin indeed.
29:28Oh, who did it then, huh?
29:30I think you're nothing but a common thief.
29:32Search our belongings yourself.
29:35And if you find anyone here
29:38that has stolen your gods,
29:39I swear that they shall not live.
29:42Oh, I will hold you to that promise.
29:54Sister, I can hardly breathe.
29:56I'm going to fight the gun, son.
29:58Search and tell us!
29:59I want the final round!
30:07This is the last tent in the camp.
30:09It's mine and Rachel's.
30:10You won't find them here.
30:16There's nothing here, Father.
30:18No.
30:19The only place we haven't searched
30:21is your persons.
30:23Hmm?
30:25Up.
30:25I'm sorry, Father.
30:28Please don't be angry.
30:29But I cannot rise before you.
30:32The ways of women are upon me.
30:35Ah.
30:37No, Father.
30:38We cannot touch her during her, um,
30:41lunations.
30:42It would be much too unpleasant.
30:44Oh, no matter.
30:46Because we will not be leaving
30:47before the idols turn up.
30:50In the meantime, my sons,
30:52round up the livestock.
30:56Yum.
30:59Uh, brother,
31:01why don't I show you where the sheep are?
31:02You'd be hard-pressed to find them.
31:10I'm turning into a fine old morning.
31:14You know, I slept rather well
31:16for a man on the road.
31:20Why-why are you all so glum?
31:24Well, yeah, shouldn't there be some cheer
31:26when one is with family?
31:27Perhaps you would have more cheer, sir,
31:29if you had not overstayed your welcome.
31:31Father!
31:32Father!
31:33Yes?
31:34We were rounding up the livestock
31:35when Birm fell.
31:36There they were.
31:37The household idols
31:38tumbling out of his pocket.
31:39I never-I didn't-I never touched them.
31:42They're trying to set me up
31:43to look bad in Father's eyes.
31:45We all knew you'd love
31:46to be named patriarch of this family
31:48and claim my rightful inheritance.
31:51I have every right
31:51to be the patriarch of this family
31:53if Father wishes to bequeath me the idols.
31:55I am the eldest son.
32:02I have every right, brother.
32:05You'd better run, brother,
32:07or you still can.
32:08I'm gonna catch you.
32:10After that!
32:11After that!
32:13I'm back here!
32:18What did you say earlier, sir?
32:21That you'd be leaving
32:22once the idols were found?
32:26You framed our brother.
32:28You were right.
32:29It did antagonize them.
32:33Oh, sister,
32:33you saved our lives.
32:41We made the last of our long-anticipated journey
32:44to Jacob's home,
32:46to our new lives.
32:48I'd been afraid that family strife
32:50might greet us,
32:51that we'd be met with resentment,
32:54anger, and swords.
32:56But what we found was reconciliation
32:58and forgiveness,
33:00love with our new family
33:02and fresh purpose.
33:04Sister, can you believe it?
33:05Canaan.
33:06It's everything I've imagined.
33:09At last,
33:10we were home.
33:11Why is it?
33:12Canaan.
33:21Is that how you prevailed
33:23over the angel of the Lord, Father?
33:25It was, Joseph.
33:26We wrestled
33:27until the break of day
33:29when I finally prevailed.
33:31Though it did not come without pain,
33:33the man broke my hip,
33:35but still,
33:36I didn't let him go
33:38until he blessed me.
33:39Your father came face to face
33:42with God,
33:42who gave him his new name, Israel.
33:48Rachel and I were content in Canaan.
33:50Our sisterhood was strong,
33:52and so was our family.
33:55But Jacob's dream of twelve sons
33:57never faded in my mind.
33:59I could not ignore the desire.
34:04And neither could she.
34:09Why do you have landrakes?
34:11Are you trying to have another child?
34:13You are.
34:14Aren't you?
34:16Leia,
34:17I've only ever been able to bear
34:20one child,
34:21when I have always wanted several.
34:24But I was never blessed.
34:26Not like you.
34:28And you're nearly
34:29past the ways of women.
34:31If anyone should
34:32carry another child,
34:33it's me.
34:34Rachel,
34:35you nearly died
34:36giving birth to Joseph.
34:38You would be risking your life.
34:39You can't do it.
34:40I can,
34:41and I shall.
34:43It would be worth the risk.
34:45Then we shall see
34:46who bears the twelfth son.
35:15I'm scared.
35:17I'm scared.
35:17I'm here.
35:18I'm here.
35:46I'm here.
35:54I'm not going to make it, am I?
35:57Please, sister.
35:59Please stay with us.
36:02You were right.
36:05You told me it was too dangerous
36:08to have another baby.
36:12Oh, I let my jealousy get the best of me.
36:17It will haunt me forever if this costs you your life.
36:23I played my part in this, too.
36:27But I look at our beautiful family
36:31and my beautiful son.
36:34And I think it was all worth a sacrifice, wasn't it?
36:43Every tear and every painful moment.
36:48God has a destiny for us all.
36:55I love you.
36:58Two sisters, one heart.
37:18You promised me you'll raise my son as if you were your age.
37:23I promise.
37:25I promise.
37:33His name is Benjamin.
37:39My youngest and last child of sorrow.
37:45But also strength.
37:51I was much too short.
37:54God, is it not my love?
38:00I could have spent eternity with you.
38:11Rachel said God has a plan for each of us.
38:15And that sometimes
38:16it would be far too great
38:18for us to understand
38:21she was right.
38:44Benjamin was always bravenous.
38:47You could never feed that boy enough.
38:49I need to remove my aunt
38:50before she tells that awful story again
38:52about how I became violently ill
38:53eating that cursed goat's medicine.
38:57You're supposed to tell stories
38:58that would make me more appealing
38:59to my soon-to-be wife,
39:00not less.
39:02Let me have my fun.
39:06Aunt, do you?
39:09Do you think Mother was watching
39:10over our merriment?
39:13I'm sure of it.
39:16Nights like these
39:19I can almost feel her here with us.
39:26I, um...
39:27I brought this with me.
39:31It's all I have of her.
39:34That's not true.
39:36You have her eyes.
39:38You have her smile.
39:41But most of all,
39:43you have her courage.
39:45And she would be so proud
39:48of the man that you are today.
39:54Son.
39:57It's time.
40:10You outdid yourself.
40:12Rachel would have loved it.
40:13Would she have?
40:15Or would she have rather
40:16been hiding with the sheep
40:17than dealing with all of the
40:18gossiping wives
40:19and Flora and her angels?
40:23I miss her.
40:25I miss her.
40:25So much.
40:28I do, too.
40:32She would want us
40:33to be joyful tonight.
40:35She would tell us
40:37that this is exactly
40:38as we dreamed.
40:40As God promised.
40:43That our descendants
40:44number as many as the stars.
40:48Maybe not as many
40:49as the stars.
40:52Not yet.
40:53But one day
40:54may they will.
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