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of a master.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your navel is a rounded bowl;</p><p class="poem">it never lacks mixed wine.</p><p class="poem">Your belly is a mound of wheat</p><p class="poem">surrounded by lilies.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your breasts are like two fawns,</p><p class="poem">twins of a gazelle.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your neck is like a tower of ivory,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your eyes like pools in Heshbon</p><p class="poem">by Bath-rabbim’s gate.</p><p class="poem">Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon</p><p class="poem">looking toward Damascus.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your head crowns you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.7.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> like Mount Carmel,</p><p class="poem">the hair of your head like purple cloth —</p><p class="poem">a king could be held captive<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in your tresses.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>How beautiful you are and how pleasant,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">my love, with such delights!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your stature is like a palm tree;</p><p class="poem">your breasts are clusters of fruit.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I said, “I will climb the palm tree</p><p class="poem">and take hold of its fruit.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,</p><p class="poem">and the fragrance of your breath like apricots.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Your mouth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.7.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> is like fine wine<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Woman</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">flowing smoothly for my love,</p><p class="poem">gliding past my lips and teeth!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.7.9.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am my love’s,</p><p class="poem">and his desire<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is for me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Come, my love,</p><p class="poem">let’s go to the field;</p><p class="poem">let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.7.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let’s go early to the vineyards;</p><p class="poem">let’s see if the vine has budded,</p><p class="poem">if the blossom has opened,</p><p class="poem">if the pomegranates are in bloom.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">There I will give you my caresses.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.7.13" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The mandrakes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.7.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> give off a fragrance,</p><p class="poem">and at our doors is every delicacy,</p><p class="poem">both new and old.</p><p class="poem">I have treasured them up for you, my love.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-SongofSongs.7" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.7.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.1">7:1</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">daughter of a nobleman</span>, or <span class="italic">prince</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.7.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.5">7:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">head upon you is</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.7.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.9">7:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">palate</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.7.9.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.9">7:9</a></span> LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">past lips of sleepers</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.7.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.11">7:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the villages</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-SongofSongs.7" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.1">7:1</a></span> Ps 45:13</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.3">7:3</a></span> Sg 4:5</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.4">7:4</a></span> Sg 4:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.5">7:5</a></span> Sg 4:9</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.6">7:6</a></span> Sg 1:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.8">7:8</a></span> Pr 5:19</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.8">7:8</a></span> Sg 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.9">7:9</a></span> Sg 5:16</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.10">7:10</a></span> Gn 3:16; 4:7</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.10">7:10</a></span> Sg 2:16; 6:3; 8:6</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.12">7:12</a></span> Sg 6:11</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.7.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.7.13">7:13</a></span> Gn 30:14–16</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-SongofSongs.7" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian 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