Liturgy zu Schemot 2:30

"And we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors" - as it is stated (Exodus 2:23); "And it was in those great days that the king of Egypt died and the Children of Israel sighed from the work and yelled out, and their supplication went up to God from the work."

"And the Lord heard our voice" - as it is stated (Exodus 2:24); "And God heard their groans and God remembered His covenant with Avraham and with Yitschak and with Ya'akov."

"And He saw our affliction" - this [refers to] the separation from the way of the world, as it is stated (Exodus 2:25); "And God saw the Children of Israel and God knew."

And No’ach too, You remembered with love, and [therefore] decreed for him a promise of deliverance and compassion, when You brought the flood-waters to destroy all flesh because of the wickedness of their deeds. Therefore, his remembrance came before You, Adonoy, our God, to multiply his seed like the dust of the earth, and his descendants as the sand of the sea; as it is written in Your Torah; “And God remembered No’ach⁴⁵According to the Midrash, since there is no forgetfulness before Hashem, the words וַיִזְכֹּר אֱלֹקִים אֶת נֹחַ, imply that Hashem took cognizance of No’ach’s virtuous deeds. According to Rashi, He took special cognizance of the fact that No’ach provided for the animals in the ark for twelve months. and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark, and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were calmed.”⁴⁶Bereishis 8:1. And it is said: “And God heard their groaning cry, and God remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Yaakov.”⁴⁷Shemos 2:24. The Biblical verse deals with Hashem’s promise to redeem the children of Yisrael when they were yet enslaved in Egypt. And it is said: “I will remember My covenant with Yaakov, and also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also My covenant with Avraham, will I remember; and the land [of Yisrael] I will remember.”⁴⁸Vayikra 26:42. This verse deals with the ultimate repentance of all Yisrael and Hashem’s promise to return them to their homeland.

[About whom] they said, “He drew water and watered the sheep.”²⁵See Exodus 2:19, “And they [the daughters of Jethro] said, ‘An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds and also drew water for us, and watered the sheep.’”

And it is said: “And God heard their groaning cry, and God remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Yaakov.”⁴⁸Shemos 2:24. The Biblical verse deals with Hashem’s promise to redeem the children of Yisrael when they were yet enslaved in Egypt. And it is said: “I will remember My covenant with Yaakov, and also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also My covenant with Avraham, will I remember; and the land [of Yisrael] I will remember.”⁴⁹Vayikra 26:42. This verse deals with the ultimate repentance of all Yisrael and Hashem’s promise to return them to their homeland.

and watered the sheep.”²⁵See Exodus 2:19, “And they [the daughters of Jethro] said, ‘An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds and also drew water for us, and watered the sheep.’”