Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Bible References

General references

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,
Deuteronomy 7:7
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,
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.
Romans 9:13
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.