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The adult woman gazes toward her beloved across a garden table with wine and a small vessel of poured fragrant oil.
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Song of Songs 1:2-3

Love and Fragrance

Love Better Than Wine · Song of Songs 1

Story guide: The woman longs for her beloved's kisses and praises his love through taste and fragrance. Notice the wine and oil between the lovers: one suggests sweetness and delight, the other a pleasing presence that spreads like perfume. Her praise moves from what he gives her to the appeal of his very name.

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2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

3The fragrance of your oils is pleasing; your name is oil poured out; therefore young women love you.

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