Genesis 46:30
46:30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
Luke 2:28-30
2:28 Simeon
took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,
2:29 “Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation
John 16:21-22
16:21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress
because her time
has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being
has been born into the world.
16:22 So also you have sorrow
now, but
I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.