11 Come my well-beloved, let us go forth into the field: let us remain in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vines, let us see if the [a]vine flourish, whither it hath budded the small grape, or whither the pomegranates flourish: there will I give thee my love.

13 The mandrakes have given a smell, and in our gates are all sweet things, new and old: my well-beloved, I have kept them for thee.

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  1. Song of Solomon 7:12 If the people that are called to Christ, bring forth any fruit.

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