Abraham's bosom
Example Sentences
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"No, it is more than six months since that Mother in Israel departed to Abraham's bosom," replied Joab, lowering his tone.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
In every experience meeting one part of his testimony was always in standing type—the ambition to be at home in glory, and particularly to rest in Abraham's bosom.
From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra
He was the victim of scandal, and usually finished his anathemas on the village gossips by wishing that they were in "Father Abraham's bosom or some other old gentleman's."
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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 Harris, Corra
I said to myself that if this one woman did not dwell under the same roof I should be as contented here as though I were in Abraham's bosom.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
