Quotes about Reunion

Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”

Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

In every arrival there is a leave-taking; in every reunion there is a separation; in each one's growing up there is a growing old; in every smile there is a tear; and in every success there is a loss. All living is dying, and all celebration is mortification too.

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’