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

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