The Bride Gives Her Love

11 (A)Come, my beloved,
    let us go out into the fields
    and lodge in the villages;[a]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
    (B)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (C)the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (D)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
    and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(E)new as well as old,
    which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

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