"For you would forget[your] trouble,As watersthat have passedby, you would remember[it].
Josephnamedthe firstbornManasseh,"For," [he said], "Godhas made me forgetallmy troubleand allmy father'shousehold."
"I establishMy covenantwith you; and allfleshshall neveragainbe cutoffby the waterof the flood,neithershall there againbe a floodto destroythe earth."
Ordarkness,so that you cannotsee,And an abundanceof watercoversyou.
"My brothershave acteddeceitfullylikea wadi,Like the torrentsof wadiswhich vanish,
Let him drinkand forgethis povertyAnd rememberhis troublenomore.
For he will not oftenconsiderthe yearsof his life,becauseGodkeepshim occupiedwith the gladnessof his heart.
"Fearnot, for you will not be putto shame;And do not feelhumiliated,for you will not be disgraced;But you will forgetthe shameof your youth,And the reproachof your widowhoodyou will remembernomore.
"For thisis like the daysof Noahto Me, WhenI sworethat the watersof NoahWould not floodthe earthagain;SoI have swornthat I will not be angrywith you Norwill I rebukeyou.
"Becausehe who is blessedin the earthWill be blessedby the Godof truth;And he who swearsin the earthWill swearby the Godof truth;Becausethe formertroublesare forgotten,And becausethey are hiddenfrom My sight!
"Whenevera womanis in laborshe haspain,becauseher hourhas come;but whenshe givesbirthto the child,she no longerremembersthe anguishbecauseof the joythat a childhas been borninto the world.
