Abraham's bosom

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The “evil things” of Lazarus—good they might have been called—had led him to still higher honours, and had prepared him to be carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom.

From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various

We gaed frae Paris to the auld hame in Ettrick, an' 'twas like gae'n to Abraham's bosom frae the ither place.

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.

Unfortunately I have as yet only the title; but it is a beautiful one, for the piece is to be called: 'In Abraham's bosom.'

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

"Certainly, madame; we are hid here as if in Abraham's bosom."

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules

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 Sanderson, Robert Edward