Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 45:27-28 : 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.
• Gen 46:29-30 : 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.
• Gen 48:11 : 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.
• John 16:22 : 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.
• Acts 20:38 : 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.
• 2 Cor 2:3 : 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.
• Phil 2:26-27 : 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.
• 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
• 1 John 1:3-4 : 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.