Abraham's bosom

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noun

1. heaven, considered in the Bible as the reward of the righteous.

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Abraham's bosom

Simon's angel had gone to Abraham's bosom, and the eldest of the female cherubs, who had now assumed the appearance of a full-grown woman, kept house for the bereaved Rump.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott

Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22And it came to pass, that the beggar died; and he was borne away by the angels into Abraham's bosom.

From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union

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

In this frame of mind, we presume, he has sailed to glory, and his family hope to meet him there snug in Abraham's bosom.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote

But they are not spoken of as in Paradise, or in Abraham’s bosom, but as “under the Altar.”

From The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State by Robert Edward Sanderson

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