Deu 7:7-8 | ESV | STEP | It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you , for you were the fewest of all peoples ,

a ch. 10:15; Isa. 43:4; 63:9; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:1; Mal. 1:2

b Ex. 32:13; Ps. 105:9-11; Luke 1:72, 73

‏ Deuteronomy 7:7-8

7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but ^ait is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^bthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.