Parashas Bechukosai · consolation · Passuk 42 · Unit 1
Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Sanhedrin: the Avos deferred their reward for their children.
English: Had the patriarchs taken the reward of their mitzvos in this world, from where would merit remain for their children? That is “I will remember My covenant with Yaakov…”
Merit-deferral derasha.
The covenant remembered is the patriarchs’ choice to leave their zechut standing for their descendants.