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Sforno on Exodus 6:5/ספורנו על שמות ו׳:ה׳

אוְגַם אֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי. וְסִבָּה שְׁלִישִׁית לִגְאֻלָּתָם הִיא שֶׁשָּׁמַעְתִּי נַאֲקָתָם וּתְפִלָּתָם בַּצַּר לָהֶם.
1(1) I HAVE ALSO HEARD. And the third cause of the redemption is that I have heard their moaning and their prayers in their distress.
בוָאֶזְכֹּר אֶת בְּרִיתִי. וּבְזֶה נַעֲשׂוּ רְאוּיִם שֶׁאֶזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתִי, כְּעִנְיָן "וַיַּרְא בַּצַּר לָהֶם בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת רִנָּתָם, וַיִּזְכֹּר לָהֶם בְּרִיתוֹ" (תהלים קו:מד-מה).
2(2) AND I HAVE REMEMBERED MY COVENANT. And in this way, they showed themselves fit for Me to remember My covenant, as with (Ps. 106:44-45), "Upon seeing that they were in distress, and on His hearing their cry, He recalled His covenant."