Deuteronomy 7:6-8

6For thou art an holy people unto Yhwh thy God: Yhwh thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7Yhwh did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

8But because Yhwh loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Yhwh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.