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.
And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {\i the joy} of you all.
sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they brought him on his way unto the ship.\par
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor: