24 Bible Verses about Dreams

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Genesis 20:3

And God will come to Abimelech in a dream at night, and say to him, Behold, thou dead, for the woman which thou didst take, and she having married a husband.

Genesis 28:11-22

And he will light upon a place and he will remain there, for the sun was gone down: and he will take from the stones of the place and put at his head and will lie down in that place. And he will dream, and behold a ladder placed in the earth, and the head of it reaching to the heavens: and behold the messengers of God ascending and descending upon it. And behold, Jehovah was set upon it, and he will say, I Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaak: the land which thou liest upon it, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.read more.
And thy seed was as the dust of the earth, And thou didst spread abroad to the sea and east, and north, and south: and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed, and in thy seed. And behold, I am with thee, and I preserved thee in all which thou shalt go, and I turned thee back to this land; for I will not forsake thee, till that I have done what I said to thee. And Jacob will awake from his sleep, and he will say, surely there is Jehovah in this place and I knew not And he will be afraid, and will Say, How terrible this place is not this but the house of God, and this the gate of the heavens? And Jacob will rise early in the morning, and take the stone which he put at his head, and will set it a pillar, and pour oil upon its head. And he will call the name of that place the house of God: and Ailam Luz the name of the city at the beginning. And Jacob will vow a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will preserve me in this way which I went, and gave to me bread to eat, and covering to put on, And I turned back in peace to my father's house; and Jehovah was to me for God. And this stone which I set a pillar shall be the house of God, and all which thou shalt give to me, the tenth I will tithe it to thee.

Judges 7:13-15

And Gideon will come, and behold, a man recounting a dream to his neighbor; and he will say, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a round cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian; and it will come even to the tent, and it will strike it, and it will fall and will turn it over, so that the tent fell. And his neighbor will answer and say, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel: God gave into his hand Midian, and all the camp. And it will be when Gideon heard the recounting of the dream and its breaking, and he will worship, and turn back to the camp of Israel, and he will say, Arise, ye, for Jehovah gave into your hand the camp of Midian.

Genesis 37:5-10

And Joseph will dream a dream, and he will announce to his brethren: and they will add yet to hate him. And he will say to them, Hear, now, this dream which I dreamed. And behold, we binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood; and behold your sheaves will turn about and will worship to my sheaf.read more.
And his brethren will say to him, Reigning, shalt thou reign over us? or ruling, shalt thou rule over us? And they will add yet to hate him for his dreams and for his words. And he will dream yet another dream, and he will recount it to his brethren, and he will say, Behold I dreamed a dream yet again: and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars worshipping to me. And he will recount to his father and to his brethren. And his father will rebuke him, and will say to him, What this dream which thou didst dream? Coming, shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come to worship to thee upon the earth?

Matthew 1:20

And reflecting upon these things, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared to him saying, Joseph, thou son of David, thou shouldest not fear to take to thyself Mary thy wife: for that begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Daniel 2:1-3

And in the second year to the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit will be moved, and his sleep was broken upon him. And the king will say to call to the sacred scribes, and to the enchanters, and to the sorcerers, and to the Chaldeans, to announce to the king his dreams. And they will come and stand before the king. And the king will say to them, I dreamed a dream, and my spirit will be moved to know the dream.

Genesis 40:8

And they will say to him, We dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it And Joseph will say to them, Are not interpretations to God? Relate now to me.

Numbers 12:6

And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him.

Isaiah 29:7-8

And it was as a dream of a vision of the night, the multitude of all the nations warring against Ariel and all warring against her and her fastnesses, and those pressing upon her. And it was as when the hungry shall dream, and behold, he ate; and he awoke and his soul was empty: and as when the thirsty shall dream, and behold, he drank, and he awoke, and behold, he fainted, and his soul desired: thus shall be the multitude of all the nations warring against mount Zion.

Deuteronomy 13:1-5

When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come which he spake to thee, saying, We will go after other gods which we know not, and we will serve them, Thou shalt not hear to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah thy God tries you to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.read more.
Ye shall go after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commands shall ye watch, and to his voice shall ye hear, and ye shall serve him, and to him shall ye cleave. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall die, for he spake a turning away from Jehovah your God, having brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed thee from the house of servants, to thrust thee away from the way which Jehovah thy God commanded to go in it: and put thou away the evil from the midst of thee.

Daniel 2:26-28

The king answered and said to Daniel, his name Belteshazzar, Is it to thee to be able to make known to me the dream that I saw, and its interpretation? Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret that the, king asked, not the wise men, the enchanters, the sacred scribes, the diviners, shall be able to show to the king; But there is a God in the heavens revealing secrets, and he made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, it is thus:

Genesis 31:24

And God will come to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night and will say to him, Watch to thyself, lest thou shalt speak with Jacob from good to evil.

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Divination » Effected through » Dreams

Zechariah 10:2

For the family gods spake vanity, and the diviners saw falsehood, and they will speak dreams of falsehood they will comfort in vain: for this, they removed as a flock, they were afflicted for there was no shepherd.

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Your prophets in the midst of you shall not deceive to you, and your diviners and you shall not hear to your dreams which ye dream.

Dreams » General references to

Numbers 12:6

And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him.

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet whom with him a dream, he will recount a dream; and whom my word with him, he will speak my word in truth. What to the straw with the grain? says Jehovah.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For in the multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words: but fear thou God.

More verses: Job 7:14

Dreams » Interpretation of

Daniel 1:17

And these four children, God gave to them knowledge and understanding in all writing and wisdom: and Daniel understood in every vision and dreams.

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in the heavens revealing secrets, and he made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, it is thus:

Genesis 40:12

And Joseph will say to him, This its interpretation: The three shoots they are three days.

Genesis 41:25

And Joseph will say to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, one: this which he did; God announces to Pharaoh.

Daniel 4:20

The tree that thou sawest that increased and was strong, and its height will reach to the heavens, and its sight to all the earth,

More verses: Daniel 4:24

Dreams » The ancients » Often perplexed by

Genesis 41:8

And it will be in the morning, and his soul will be troubled; and he will send and call all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all his wise; and Pharaoh will relate to them his dream; and none interpreting them to Pharaoh.

Job 7:14

And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid with visions:

Genesis 40:6

And Joseph will come to them in the morning, and will see them, and behold, they sad.

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year to the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit will be moved, and his sleep was broken upon him.

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream, and it will terrify me; and the conceptions upon my bed and the visions of my head, will cause me to tremble.

Dreams » God the only interpreter of

Genesis 40:8

And they will say to him, We dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it And Joseph will say to them, Are not interpretations to God? Relate now to me.

Genesis 41:16

And Joseph will answer Pharaoh, saying, Not in me: God. will answer Pharaoh with peace.

Daniel 2:27-30

Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret that the, king asked, not the wise men, the enchanters, the sacred scribes, the diviners, shall be able to show to the king; But there is a God in the heavens revealing secrets, and he made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, it is thus: Thou, O king, thy thoughts upon thy bed went up what to be after this: and he revealing secrets made known to thee what to be. read more.
And I not for wisdom that is in me more than all living is this secret revealed to me, but for the reason that they shall make known the interpretation to the king, and thou shalt know the thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel 7:16

I drew near to one of those standing by, and I sought from him the truth concerning all this: and he said to me, and he will cause me to know the interpretation of the words.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Joseph

Matthew 1:20

And reflecting upon these things, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared to him saying, Joseph, thou son of David, thou shouldest not fear to take to thyself Mary thy wife: for that begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

And they, having gone back, lo, the messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him.

Matthew 2:19-20

And Herod having died, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they seeking the soul of the young child have died.

Genesis 37:5-9

And Joseph will dream a dream, and he will announce to his brethren: and they will add yet to hate him. And he will say to them, Hear, now, this dream which I dreamed. And behold, we binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood; and behold your sheaves will turn about and will worship to my sheaf. read more.
And his brethren will say to him, Reigning, shalt thou reign over us? or ruling, shalt thou rule over us? And they will add yet to hate him for his dreams and for his words. And he will dream yet another dream, and he will recount it to his brethren, and he will say, Behold I dreamed a dream yet again: and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars worshipping to me.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year to the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit will be moved, and his sleep was broken upon him.

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream, and it will terrify me; and the conceptions upon my bed and the visions of my head, will cause me to tremble.

Daniel 4:8

And even at last Daniel came up before me, whose name Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods in him: and before him I told the dream:

Dreams » False prophets » Not to be regarded in

Jeremiah 27:9

And ye shall not hear to your prophets and to your divinations, and to your dreamers, and to those of you practicing magic, and to your sorcerers, which they are saying to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babel:

Deuteronomy 13:1-3

When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come which he spake to thee, saying, We will go after other gods which we know not, and we will serve them, Thou shalt not hear to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah thy God tries you to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Dreams » False prophets » Pretended to

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Your prophets in the midst of you shall not deceive to you, and your diviners and you shall not hear to your dreams which ye dream.

Jeremiah 23:25-28

I heard what the prophets said, prophesying a falsehood in my name, saying, I dreamed, I dreamed. How long is it in the heart of the prophets prophesying a lie, and prophesying the deceit of their heart? Reckoning to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they will recount a man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name in Baal. read more.
The prophet whom with him a dream, he will recount a dream; and whom my word with him, he will speak my word in truth. What to the straw with the grain? says Jehovah.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » jacob

Genesis 31:10

And it shall be in the time the sheep shall conceive, and I shall lift up mine eyes, and I shall see in a dream, and behold, the he-goats ascending upon the sheep, banded, speckled and sprinkled with spots.

Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners

Job 20:5-8

For the rejoicing of the unjust drawing near, and the gladness of the profane even for a moment If his elevation shall go up to the heavens, and his head shall reach to the cloud; As his dung he shall perish forever: they seeing him shall say, Where is he? read more.
As a dream he shall fly away, and they shall not find him: and he shall flee away as the vision of the night

Psalm 73:19-20

How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction. As a dream of him awaking, O Jehovah, in awaking thou wilt despise their image.

Dreams » The ancients » Consulting magicians on

Genesis 41:8

And it will be in the morning, and his soul will be troubled; and he will send and call all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all his wise; and Pharaoh will relate to them his dream; and none interpreting them to Pharaoh.

Daniel 2:2-4

And the king will say to call to the sacred scribes, and to the enchanters, and to the sorcerers, and to the Chaldeans, to announce to the king his dreams. And they will come and stand before the king. And the king will say to them, I dreamed a dream, and my spirit will be moved to know the dream. And the Ohaldeans will speak to the king Syriac: O king, live forever: say to thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

Dreams » The ancients » Anxious to have, explained

Genesis 40:8

And they will say to him, We dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it And Joseph will say to them, Are not interpretations to God? Relate now to me.

Daniel 2:3

And the king will say to them, I dreamed a dream, and my spirit will be moved to know the dream.

Dreams » God's will often revealed in

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, in the falling of deep sleep upon men, in slumbers upon the bed;

Numbers 12:6

And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him.

Dreams » Visions in sleep

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, in the falling of deep sleep upon men, in slumbers upon the bed;

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in the heavens revealing secrets, and he made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, it is thus:

Dreams » Often by imaginary

Isaiah 29:8

And it was as when the hungry shall dream, and behold, he ate; and he awoke and his soul was empty: and as when the thirsty shall dream, and behold, he drank, and he awoke, and behold, he fainted, and his soul desired: thus shall be the multitude of all the nations warring against mount Zion.

Job 20:8

As a dream he shall fly away, and they shall not find him: and he shall flee away as the vision of the night

Dreams » Excess of business frequently leads to

Dreams » Vanity of trusting to natural

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For in the multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words: but fear thou God.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pharaoh's butler and baker

Genesis 40:5-19

And they will dream a dream, they two, a man his dream in one night, a man according to the interpretation of his dream; the cup-bearer and the baker which were to the king of Egypt, who were bound in the house of the fortress. And Joseph will come to them in the morning, and will see them, and behold, they sad. And he will ask Pharaoh's eunuchs which were with him in guard of the house of his lord, saying, Why are your faces evil this day? read more.
And they will say to him, We dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it And Joseph will say to them, Are not interpretations to God? Relate now to me. And the chief of the cup-bearers will relate his dream to Joseph, and will say to him, In my dream, and behold a vine before me; And in the vine three shoots; and this as flourishing, its leaf went forth; the clusters of grapes were ripened. And Pharaoh's cup in my hand; and I shall take the grapes and press them into Pharaoh's cup, and I shall give the cup into Pharaoh's hand. And Joseph will say to him, This its interpretation: The three shoots they are three days. Yet in three days Pharaoh will lift up thy head, and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, according to thy first judgment, when thou wert his cup-bearer. But remember me with thyself, when it shall be well to thee, and now do-kindness to me, and remember me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this house. For by stealing, I was stolen from the land Of the Hebrews: and also here, I have not done anything that they put me in the pit And the chief of the bakers see that he interpreted good, and he will say to Joseph, I also in my dream, and behold, three wicker-baskets of white bread upon my head. And in the high basket of all, food of Pharaoh, the work of baking; and the birds ate them from the basket above my head. And Joseph will answer and say, This its interpretation: the three baskets, they are three days; Yet in three days, Pharaoh will lift up thy head above thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Wise men

Matthew 2:11-12

And having come into the house, they found the young child with Mary his mother, and having fallen, they worshipped him; and having opened their treasures they brought forward to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And having received intimation of the divine will in a dream not to turn back to Herod, by another way they went back to their own country.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Midianite

Judges 7:13-15

And Gideon will come, and behold, a man recounting a dream to his neighbor; and he will say, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a round cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian; and it will come even to the tent, and it will strike it, and it will fall and will turn it over, so that the tent fell. And his neighbor will answer and say, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel: God gave into his hand Midian, and all the camp. And it will be when Gideon heard the recounting of the dream and its breaking, and he will worship, and turn back to the camp of Israel, and he will say, Arise, ye, for Jehovah gave into your hand the camp of Midian.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pharaoh

Genesis 41:1-7

And it will be the end of two years of days, and Pharaoh dreamed; and behold, he stood by the river. And behold, from the river came up seven heifers, fair of look and fat in flesh; and they will feed in marsh grass. Behold, seven other heifers coming up after them out of the river, evil of look, thin in flesh; and they will stand by the heifers by the lip of the river. read more.
And the heifers evil of look and thin of flesh, will devour the seven heifers fair of look, and fat. And Pharaoh will awake. And he will sleep, and will dream the second time, and behold seven ears coming upon one stalk, fat and good. And behold, seven ears thin and blasted by the east, springing up after them. And the thin ears will devour the seven ears fat and full. And Pharaoh will awake, and behold, a dream.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Abimelech

Genesis 20:3-7

And God will come to Abimelech in a dream at night, and say to him, Behold, thou dead, for the woman which thou didst take, and she having married a husband. And Abimelech came not near to her: and he will say, Lord, wilt thou also slay a just nation? Did he not say to me, This my sister? and she also, she said he is my brother: in the uprightness of my heart, and in cleanness of my hands have I done this. read more.
And God will say to him in a dream, I knew also that in the uprightness of thy heart thou didst this; and I also will restrain thee from sinning against me: for this I suffered thee not to touch her. And now turn back to the man the woman; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and do thou live: and if thou turn her not back, know that dying, thou shalt die, thou and all which are to thee.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Solomon

1 Kings 3:5-15

In the hill Jehovah was seen to Solomon in a dream at night: and God will say, Ask what I shall give to thee. And Solomon will say, Thou didst with thy servant David, my father, great mercy, according as he went before thee in the truth and in justice and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou wilt watch for him this great mercy, and thou wilt give to him a son sitting upon his throne as this day. And now, Jehovah my God, thou madest thy servant king instead of David my father and I a little boy, shall not know to go out and come in. read more.
And thy servant in the midst of thy people which thou didst choose, many people which shall not be numbered and counted for multitude. And give to thy servant a heart to hear to judge thy people to discern between good to evil: for who shall be able to judge this thy weighty people? And the word will be good in the eyes of God that Solomon asked this word. And God will say to him, Because thou didst ask this word, and didst not ask for thyself many days; and didst not ask for thyself riches, and didst not ask the soul of thine enemies: and didst ask for thyself to have understanding to hear judgment; Behold, I did according to thy word, I gave to thee a wise and understanding heart; that there was not as thou before thee, and after thee there shall not arise like thee. And also that thou askedst not I gave to thee, also riches, also honor, that there was not a man like thee among kings all thy days. And if thou wilt go in my way to watch my law and my commands, as David thy father went, I prolonged thy days. And Solomon will awake; and behold, a dream. And he will go to Jerusalem and stand before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and bring up burnt-offerings, and he will do peace, and make a drinking to all his servants.

Dreams » False prophets » Condemned for pretending to

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold me against them prophesying dreams of falsehood, says Jehovah, and they will recount them, and will cause my people to wander by their falsehoods and by their boasting; and I sent them not, and I commanded them not; and helping, they shall be of no profit to this people, says Jehovah.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Laban

Genesis 31:24

And God will come to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night and will say to him, Watch to thyself, lest thou shalt speak with Jacob from good to evil.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pilate's wife

Matthew 27:19

And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.

Dreams » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church

Isaiah 29:7-8

And it was as a dream of a vision of the night, the multitude of all the nations warring against Ariel and all warring against her and her fastnesses, and those pressing upon her. And it was as when the hungry shall dream, and behold, he ate; and he awoke and his soul was empty: and as when the thirsty shall dream, and behold, he drank, and he awoke, and behold, he fainted, and his soul desired: thus shall be the multitude of all the nations warring against mount Zion.

Dreams » The ancients » Put great faith in

Judges 7:15

And it will be when Gideon heard the recounting of the dream and its breaking, and he will worship, and turn back to the camp of Israel, and he will say, Arise, ye, for Jehovah gave into your hand the camp of Midian.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Daniel

Dreams » Illustrative of » Impure imaginations

Jude 1:8

And likewise indeed these dreaming truly defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and defame glories.

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Bad Dreams

Daniel 2:1

And in the second year to the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit will be moved, and his sleep was broken upon him.

Direct Communication Through Dreams

Genesis 31:24

And God will come to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night and will say to him, Watch to thyself, lest thou shalt speak with Jacob from good to evil.

Dreams And False Prophets

Deuteronomy 13:1-3

When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder,

Dreams Interpreted

Genesis 41:15

And Pharaoh will say to Joseph, I dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it, and I heard concerning thee, saying, Thou wilt hear a dream to interpret it

Dreams Involving Unusual Images

Genesis 28:12-15

And he will dream, and behold a ladder placed in the earth, and the head of it reaching to the heavens: and behold the messengers of God ascending and descending upon it.

Dreams, Examples Of

Genesis 20:3

And God will come to Abimelech in a dream at night, and say to him, Behold, thou dead, for the woman which thou didst take, and she having married a husband.

Interpretation Of Dreams

Genesis 41:15

And Pharaoh will say to Joseph, I dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it, and I heard concerning thee, saying, Thou wilt hear a dream to interpret it

Misleading Dreams

Deuteronomy 13:1

When there shall arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gave to thee a sign or a wonder,

Telling Dreams

Genesis 40:8

And they will say to him, We dreamed a dream, and there is none interpreting it And Joseph will say to them, Are not interpretations to God? Relate now to me.

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