²⁸ I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

^3 (A)that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed ^(B)our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ And we are writing these things so ^(C)that our^[a] joy may be complete.

^4 (A)As I remember your tears, ^(B)I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

^22 (A)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(B)I will see you again, and ^(C)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

²⁶ for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. ²⁷ Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

³ And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, ^(A)for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

³⁸ being sorrowful most of all because of ^(A)the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And ^(B)they accompanied him to the ship.

¹¹ And Israel said to Joseph, ^(A)“I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”

²⁹ Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and ^(A)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. ³⁰ Israel said to Joseph, ^(B)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

²⁷ But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw ^(A)the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”