Abraham's bosom

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"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

"He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel;" and my heart shall rejoice before I go hence, and ascend into Father Abraham's bosom.'

From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various

“De good buk done promised dat we shall lie in Fadder Abraham’s bosom, an’ we knows we will.

From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster

When we keep our noses out of mischief, and strive to mind our duty, we shall be left in peace, and can sit here as quiet as though we lay in Abraham's bosom.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

He could bid His angels fly swiftly, and shut the lions' mouths, or better still, convoy our spirits to the marriage supper of the Lamb—to the repose of Abraham's bosom.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry