Midrash sa Mga Awit 105:42: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Aggadat Bereshit, Shemot Rabbah & Bamidbar Rabbah

R. Elazar b. Azaryah says: In the merit of their father Abraham I will split the sea for them, viz. (Psalms 105:42) "For He remembered His holy word to Abraham His servant. (43) And He led out His people with joy, etc."

R. Elazar b. Azaryah says: In the merit of their father Abraham I will split the sea for them, viz. (Psalms 105:42) "For He remembered His holy word to Abraham His servant. (43) And He led out His people with joy, etc."

[2] Different interpretation: "And the sons of Noah" (Genesis 6:10). The righteous walk in their perfection, "fortunate are his children after him" (Proverbs 20:7). Fortunate are the children of Israel, for the merit of their fathers stands for them. By virtue of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Holy One, blessed be He, saved them when they were in Egypt. As it is written, "God heard their groaning" (Exodus 2:24), and when they left Egypt, they left by virtue of their fathers, as it is written, "For He remembered His holy word with Abraham His servant" (Psalm 105:42). When they made the Golden Calf, it is written, "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants" (Exodus 32:13). In the days of Elijah, it is written, "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel" (1 Kings 18:36). Thus, in every generation, the merit of the fathers stands for them. The merit of the fathers stood for them until Hazael, the king of Aram, as it is written, "And Hazael king of Aram oppressed them. But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now" (2 Kings 13:22-23). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, "Until now, you had the merit of your fathers. From now on, each one will be dependent on his own actions." Therefore, it is said, "The righteous walks in his integrity" (Proverbs 20:7). By the merit of Noah, his sons merited to live with him through the Flood, and they merited to come out of the ark, as it is written, "And the sons of Noah" (Genesis 6:10). The Holy One, blessed be He, said, "From now on, I will not do as I did with Noah. The fathers do not save their children." As it is written, "Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it [the land] and they, by their righteousness, would save only themselves" (Ezekiel 14:14), and from where is it derived that even in sins, it is said, "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him" (Ezekiel 18:20).