²⁸ I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

²⁷ And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him:

²⁸ And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

²⁹ And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

¹¹ And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

²² So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

³⁸ Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

³ And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

²⁶ Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

²⁷ For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

⁴ Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

³ We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

⁴ And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.