The Avos were also separate but equal. The Ksav Sofer explains that we find tbem listed in reverse, remembering the covenant of Yaakov, the covenant of Yitzchok and covenant of Avraham in order to teach us that Yaakov and Yitzchak were great on their own and not because of their fathers. Rashi says וארא – אל האבות, I revealed myself to the ancestors. Maybe the Baal Haturim says in Parashas Voeschanan that veohavta in krias shema are the same letters as haavos, ואהבת – האבות. Love Hashem with all your heart like Avraham, whom You found trustworthy in his heart, with all your soul, like Yitchak, who sacrificed himself with his soul, and with all your wealth, like Yaakov who promised to tite all his wealth. Teaching us tbe great love that our ancestors had to Hashem and they not questiion His promises.
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