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
Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 7:7
Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
Numbers 14:8
If Yahweh 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
Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."