^{7 Ref} 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:

^{8 Ref} but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

^{9 Ref} Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,