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(Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on [[Couch (EBD)|couches ]] at [[Tables (EBD)|table]], which was prevalent among the [[Jew (EBD)|Jews]], an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the [[Bosom (EBD)|bosom ]] of the one who sat or reclined above him. To "be in [[Abraham (EBD)|Abraham]]'s bosom" thus meant to enjoy happiness and [[Rest (EBD)|rest ]] (Matt. 8:11; Luke 16:23) at the [[Banquet (EBD)|banquet ]] in [[Paradise(EBD)|Paradise]]. (See banquet; [[Meals (EBD)|MEALS]].)

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