Therefore I have sent him with special urgency, so that when you see him again you might rejoice and I might be less worried about you.
So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you!
I remember your tears, and I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I wouldn’t have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice—having confidence in you all that my joy is yours.
grieving most of all over the statement he made that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “To see your face, I didn’t expect—and look, God has let me see your offspring as well!”
So welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard,