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11 Come, my beloved.
Let’s go into the field.
Let’s spend the night among the henna flowers.[a]
12 Let’s go to the vineyards early.
Let’s see if the vines have budded,
if the grape blossoms have opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes [b] give off a fragrance,
and at our door are all kinds of precious fruits.
I have saved new and old things
for you alone, my beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:11 Or “in the villages.”
  2. 7:13 Mandrakes   were thought to stimulate sexual desire.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[a]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(A)
    to see if the vines have budded,(B)
if their blossoms(C) have opened,
    and if the pomegranates(D) are in bloom(E)
    there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(F) send out their fragrance,
    and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
    that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes