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11 (A)I belong to my lover,[a]
    his yearning is for me.

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  1. 7:11–14 The woman’s answer assures him of her love, and invites him to return with her to the rural delights associated with their love (cf. also 6:11–12). Yearning: used only here and in Gn 3:16; 4:7. The dependency and subordination of woman to man presented as a consequence of sin in the Genesis story is here transcended in the mutuality of true love.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[a]

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  1. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes