“I am black, but comely”
3 min readApr 11, 2021
A puzzling quote directly from the bible.
Song of Solomon 1:5–6 KJV :
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not…
