Deuteronomy 10:15
only the LORD had a lust unto thy fathers to love them, and therefore chose you their seed after them of all nations, as it is come to pass 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 and with his mighty power of Egypt:
Numbers 14:8
If the LORD have lust to us, he will bring us into this land and give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
It was not because of the multitude of you, above all nations, that the LORD had lust unto you and chose you: For ye were fewest of all nations.
Romans 9:13-23
As it is written, "Jacob he loved, but Esau he hated."