Deuteronomy 7:6-8

NSB(i) 6 »You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth. 7 »Jehovah set his heart on you. He chose you, even though you did not outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations. 8 »You were chosen because Jehovah loved you and kept the oath he swore to your fathers. So he used his mighty hand to bring you out. He freed you from slavery under Pharaoh king of Egypt.