May you live to see your grandchildren! Peace be with Israel!
Jacob said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children.”
He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family.
Job lived a hundred and forty years after this, long enough to see his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
But when you punish the wicked, punish also those who abandon your ways. Peace be with Israel!
Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.
The Lord says, “I will bring you lasting prosperity; the wealth of the nations will flow to you like a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice,