Mutual Possession and Delight
Song of Solomon 2:16
Showing verse 16 with surrounding context.
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The fig trees are forming their unripe figs, and the grapevines in bloom give out their perfume. Get up, my love, my beauty! Come away!"
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[He] My dove, hiding in holes in the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, let me see your face and hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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[She] "Catch the foxes for us, yes, the little foxes! They are ruining the vineyards when our vineyards are in bloom!"
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My darling is mine, and I am his, as he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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Before the daytime breeze rises and the shadows flee, return, my love, like a stag or gazelle on the hills of Beter.
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