"The Lord 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: but because the Lord loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations." Deuteronomy 7:7-9.

Det er ikke, fordi I er større end alle de andre folk, Herren har fattet velbehag til Eder og udvalgt Eder, thi I er det mindste af alle folk; men fordi Herren elskede Eder, og fordi han ville holde den ed, han tilsvor Eders fædre, derfor var det, at Herren med stærk hånd førte Eder ud og udløste dig af trællehuset, af ægypterkongen Faraos hånd; så skal du vide, at Herren din Gud er den sande Gud, den trofaste Gud, der i tusinde slægtled holder fast ved sin pagt og sin miskundhed mod dem, der elsker ham og holder hans bud. 5. Mos. 7, 7-9.