Deuteronomy 7:6-7

6For you are 1a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be 2a people for His 3own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the 4earth.

7“5The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,