קבלה אויף שמות 6:4

AND I HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED MY COVENANT WITH THEM, TO GIVE THEM THE LAND OF CANAAN: as a reward for the covenant of circumcision; and only of those who are faithful members of this covenant can it be said that they “possess” the land, which is a heritage of the righteous, as it is written: “Thy people shall be all righteous, they shall possess the land” (Isa. 60, 21). Even Joseph was not called “righteous” before he guarded the sign of the covenant (at the time of temptation).

Everyone who observes this covenant arouses the covenant towards its place, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and the upper and lower beings are blessed. 79. Who awakens this covenant to its place? When there are righteous people in the world, THEY AWAKEN IT. How do we know this? From the words: “And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourns (Heb. megureihem)” (Shemot 6:4). What is ‘megureihem’? IT IS as written: “Be afraid (Heb. guru) of the sword”, WHICH IS MALCHUT AS MENTIONED. Because it is a place that causes fear in the world. Therefore IT SAYS: “Be afraid of the sword.” SO THE PATRIARCHS STIMULATED THE COVENANT TO ITS PLACE, WHICH IS MALCHUT, OF WHICH IT SAYS, “TO GIVE TO THEM THE LAND OF THEIR SOJOURNS,” AS EXPLAINED. 80. “in which they sojourned (Heb. garu)” (Ibid.). ‘GARU’ MEANS THAT from the day that they approached the Holy One, blessed be He, they had feared in it FROM HASHEM and it consisted of a supernal fear in observing His commandments. BECAUSE MALCHUT IS THE ASPECT OF FEAR, and if a person will not place fear over his head IN OBSERVING THE COVENANT, he will never fear of the Holy One, blessed be He, in the other precepts.