Abraham's bosom

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

You know the story of the rich man who could not get to Abraham's bosom because there was a gulf fixed.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

"He hath, I trust, been found of the Good Shepherd; and he now sleepeth in Abraham's bosom!"

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

Then, with a true spinster selfishness, I wished her good husband and beautiful boy "better off" in Abraham's bosom, and wondered what could make women so foolish as to get married.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various

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 Austin, Alfred

He would use these as a text and speak of Christ’s compassion to the wretched, Christ who now took ulcerous Lazarus by angels to Abraham’s bosom and now became weak with our weakness.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)