I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Yisra'el said to Yosef, *I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.*
Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;