Deuteronomy 10:15
Only LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples as at this day.
Deuteronomy 4:37
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt,
Numbers 14:8
If LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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 peoples,
Romans 9:13-23
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.