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I have taken off my robe,[a]
    am I then to put it on?
I have bathed my feet,
    am I then to soil them?

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  1. 5:3 Robe: knee-length undergarment worn by men and women. Am I then…?: the woman’s refusal is a form of gentle teasing; that she does not really reject her lover is shown by her actions in vv. 5–6. See 1:7–8; 2:14–15, for other teasing interchanges.