I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,