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'Sustain me with raisins'

Faint with love, she asks to be refreshed with raisins and apples, and longs for her lover's embrace.

Unabashed desire.

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Her words move from shared memories to fantasies of intimacy to advice for her friends.

Bible reference: Song of Songs 2:5–6

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 437

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