Abraham's bosom
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The angels carried the poor beggar to rest and bliss in Abraham's bosom.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
I know Billy from A to Izzard, and, so far from layin' on Abraham's bosom, he couldn't git along with him till daybreak.
From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Corra Harris
"Certainly, madame; we are hid here as if in Abraham's bosom."
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Jules Lermina
It is possible that like the “dear child, dear girl,” he lay in Abraham’s bosom “all the year,” but he communicates the fact, he impresses us with the fact, but seldom.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin
The “evil things” of Lazarus—good they might have been called—had led him to still higher honours, and had prepared him to be carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom.
From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various
