וְזָכַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י יַעֲק֑וֹב וְאַף֩ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֨י יִצְחָ֜ק וְאַ֨ף אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶזְכֹּ֖ר וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר׃
Et je me ressouviendrai de mon alliance avec Jacob; mon alliance aussi avec Isaac, mon alliance aussi avec Abraham, je m’en souviendrai, et la terre aussi, je m’en souviendrai.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
62Lev. rabba 36(3). Another explanation: Hand to hand will not cleanse evil. Rebbi Phineas said, that is one who gives alms and expects an immediate reward. Rebbi Simon said, like a man who says, here is a sack, here is a tetradrachma, and here is a se`ah, go and fill it. You should know that this is so, for if the patriarchs had demanded to receive the reward in this world for the good deeds which they did, from where would their merit remain for their descendants after them? That is what Moses told Israel63Lev. 26:42.: I shall remember My covenant with Jacob, etc.