Deuteronomy 10:15
However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples -- as is apparent today.
Deuteronomy 4:37
Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us -- a land that is flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you -- for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
Romans 9:13-23
just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."