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.
General references
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 4:37
And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,
Deuteronomy 7:7
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Numbers 14:8
If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
Romans 9:13
As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."