Graphic Bible · Scene 16 of 16

The woman looks warmly toward the adult male beloved across a garden path, women listening nearby.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Song of Songs 5:16

My Beloved My Friend

The Door and the Missing Beloved · Song of Songs 5

Story guide: The woman finishes her portrait by calling the beloved wholly desirable and, finally, her friend. Notice their warm attention to one another with women listening nearby. After many comparisons with precious objects, this direct naming brings the praise back to relationship: attraction and companionship belong together in her answer.

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16His mouth is sweetness itself, and all of him is desirable. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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