Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 7:11

A church father on this verse
“Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field, etc. For even the holy ones of old greatly desired the Lord to come for the salvation of the human race. Thus, praying, they say, "Stir up your might and come to save us" (Psalm 79). They desired him to go forth into the field, that is, for him who was invisible with t…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on the Song of Songs

Source: Septuagint

Original

11I am my kinsman’s, And his desire is toward me.

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9I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: And now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy nose as apples;

10And thy throat as good wine, Going well with my kinsman, Suiting my lips and teeth.

— Song of Solomon 7:11 —

12Come, my kinsman, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.

13Let us go early into the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has flowered, If the blossoms have appeared, If the pomegranates have blossomed; There will I give thee my breasts.

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