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Song of Songs 8:1
A Public Kiss Desired
A Love Many Waters Cannot Quench · Song of Songs 8
Story guide: The woman wishes she could kiss her beloved in public without being despised, imagining the freedom of familiar family affection. Notice the lovers close together beside a town entrance. 'Like a brother' expresses that wish for accepted closeness; it does not identify these adult lovers as actual siblings.
Open this scene in the reader →1Oh, that you were like a brother to me, who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
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