Deuteronomy 9:28-29

Good News Translation

²⁸ Otherwise, the Egyptians will say that you were unable to take your people into the land that you had promised them. They will say that you took your people out into the desert to kill them, because you hated them. ²⁹ After all, these are the people whom you chose to be your own and whom you brought out of Egypt by your great power and might.’