Abraham's bosom

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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

Guardian angels are hovering around his dying pillow ready to waft his spirit into Abraham’s bosom.

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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

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

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