Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”
Philippians 2:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, in order that you may rejoice at seeing him again and that I may be less anxious. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I have sent him the more willingly and eagerly, that you may be gladdened at seeing him again, and that I may be the less disquieted. American Standard Version (1901) I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Common English Bible Therefore, I am sending him immediately so that when you see him again you can be glad and I won’t worry. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I sent him more readily, in order that, by seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow. |
Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”
So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
grieving especially because of what he had said, that they would not see him again. Then they brought him to the ship.
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer grief from those who should have made me rejoice, for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.