Just as in the Exodus from Egypt, our Sages said that “in merit of the righteous women of that generation, Israel was redeemed from Egypt,” (Sota 11b) so too it will be in the future redemption...
In particular, according to what is explained in the writings of the AriZal, the last generation in exile is a reincarnation of the generation that left Egypt.
(the Rebbe, parshat Yitro, 5752—1992)