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The Young Woman with Her Family and Her Beloved

[The brothers]

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts.
    What will we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?
If she is a wall, we will build a silver barrier around her.
    If she is a door, we will barricade her with cedar boards.

[Bride]

10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers.
    So he considers me to be one who has found peace.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:10 In Hebrew there is a play on the words “peace” (shalom), “Solomon” (Shlomo), and “the young woman from Shulam” (Shulamith).

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