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Poetic Refrain: Mutual Possession

The Beloved about Her Lover:

10 I am my beloved’s,
and he desires me![a]

The Journey to the Countryside

The Beloved to Her Lover:

11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside;
let us spend the night in the villages.
12 Let us rise early to go to the vineyards,
to see if the vines have budded,
to see if their blossoms have opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom—
there I will give you my love.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:10 tn Heb “his desire is for me” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).