Deuteronomy 7:7-8

7“1The 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,

8but because the Lord loved you and kept the 2oath which He swore to your forefathers, 3the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of 4slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.