Simeon b. Johai sent his son to the college for the scholars to bless him. They said, “What thou sowest thou shalt not reap, thou shalt bring in and not carry out; thou shalt carry out and not bring in; thy house shall be destroyed but thy resting place shall be established; thy table shall be troubled and thou shalt not see the new year.” He thought that they had cursed him, but his father explained it to him.
“Thou shalt have children and they shall not die; thy table shall be troubled by the children around it; thou shalt not see the new year, that is thy wife shall not die and thou marry another; thou shalt bring in daughters-in-law as brides and thy sons shall live; thou shalt marry thy daughters out and their husbands shall not die; thy house shall be destroyed, that means, this world, when thy resting place (hospice) in the world to come shall be established”.