1. Cantique des Cantiques 4:16 (NEG79)
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Why does the woman invite her beloved to “come to his garden and eat its choicest fruit”?

Cantique des Cantiques 4:16 (NEG79)

16 Lève-toi, aquilon! viens, autan! Soufflez sur mon jardin, et que les parfums s'en exhalent! Que mon bien-aimé entre dans son jardin, Et qu'il mange de ses fruits excellents!

The young woman is ready for her husband to enter the garden of her body and enjoy its abundant fruitfulness.1. She describes her body as his garden; she is willingly and freely giving herself to him.