1. Cantique des Cantiques 7:14 (NEG79)
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What new and old things has the woman laid up for her beloved?

Cantique des Cantiques 7:14 (NEG79)

14 Les mandragores répandent leur parfum, Et nous avons à nos portes tous les meilleurs fruits, Nouveaux et anciens: Mon bien-aimé, je les ai gardés pour toi.

She is inviting him to experience sexual bliss, involving both things familiar to the man and things he has not yet experienced.1 As they grow in love, they will both repeat familiar pleasures and find new ones as well.2