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SONG OF SOLOMON 8:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
Song 8:9Song 8:11
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
The younger sister responds to her family's concern, declaring that she is a wall and her breasts are like towers, declaring her readiness for sexual maturity and her confidence in her own status and development. The sister's self-designation as a wall establishes that she has achieved the status of wholeness and maturity, and that her breasts—like towers—are fully developed and strong. The sister's confident assertion of her readiness suggests that she does not require the family's protective measures but rather affirms her own maturity and sexual capability. This verse theologically suggests that the younger generation can assert their own readiness for erotic maturity and that women have agency in determining their own sexual status and development.
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