Deuteronomy 7:7–8

7 The Lord did not set His jlove on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were kthe least of all peoples; 8 but lbecause the Lord loves you, and because He would keep mthe oath which He swore to your fathers, nthe Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of 3bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.