I believe the Jews were chosen in part because of their tradition of orally passing down knowledge from generation to generation.
No. They were not chosen for any merit of their own. God took pity on them, and by extension the entire world.
When the Spirit of God hovered over the waters the world was without form and void and darkness covered the face of the deep.
Then the Law came down from heaven like a light spoken into existence and delivered to the Jews to help them, and by extension the wild beasts of the field, learn to distinguish clean from unclean, true from false, right from wrong, good from evil, life from death and by doing so evolve into more highly sophisticated and intelligent life forms whose minds bear fruit that is pleasing to the eye and good to eat.
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