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Song of Solomon 8:1

Song of Solomon 8:1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

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Barnes' Notes

Royal rank and splendor are grown wearisome. The king once called her “sister” and “sister-bride.” Would he were indeed as a “brother,” her mother’s own child whom she might meet, embrace, and welcome…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Song of Solomon 8:1-4

Son 7:7 Chap. Son 8:4. The King and the Shepherdess the last Assault

We may suppose that after her attendants have completed the Shulammite's adornment, and have finished their fulsome praises of her…