Genesis 31:30

30And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you asteal my gods?”

Genesis 45:28

28And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 48:11

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

2 Samuel 13:39

39And the spirit of the king
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Hebrew David
longed to go out
Compare Vulgate ceased to go out
to Absalom, because ehe was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

Psalms 63:1

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, fwhen he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1 O God, you are my God; gearnestly I seek you;
hmy soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in ia dry and weary land where there is no water.

Luke 22:15

15And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

6But jnow that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of kyour faith and love and reported lthat you always remember us kindly and mlong to see us, as we long to see you

1 Thessalonians 3:10-11

10as we pray most earnestly nnight and day othat we may see you face to face and psupply what is lacking in your faith?

11Now may qour God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, rdirect our way to you,
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