⁷ The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

⁸ But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

¹⁴ To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

¹⁵ Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations – as it is today.