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11 Come, my beloved.
    Let us go out to the country,
        let us spend the night in the villages.[a]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards,
    let us see whether the vine has budded,
whether the blossom has opened,
    whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
        There I’ll give you my love.
13 The mandrakes give off their[b] fragrance,
    and over our doors are all the choice fruits,
both old and new,
    that I’ve stored up for you, my beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or night among the henna blossoms
  2. Song of Solomon 7:13 The Heb. lacks their

Rendezvous in the Countryside

11 Come, my beloved, let us go out to the countryside;[a]
    let us spend the night[b] in the villages.
12 Let us rise early to go[c] to the vineyards;
    let us see whether the vine has budded,[d]
whether the grape blossom has opened,
    and whether the pomegranates are in bloom;[e]
there I will give my love to you.
13 The mandrakes give off their fragrance,
    and over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit;[f]
both fresh and dried fruit I have stored up[g] for you, O my beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:11 Literally “go forth into the field”
  2. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or “lodge”
  3. Song of Solomon 7:12 Or “let us go”
  4. Song of Solomon 7:12 Or “sprouted”
  5. Song of Solomon 7:12 Literally “have bloomed”
  6. Song of Solomon 7:13 Or “over our doorways all choice things
  7. Song of Solomon 7:13 Literally “new also old I have laid up”