@Stahesh jews were hebrews which came from "ibri" which means, iirc, to cross. in other words, they were nomadic people. god did not chose them. god only picked them for a specific purpose, among many other picks. they were not choses in the sense we have been thought and they were definitely not the only ones. and they betrayed their god MANY times and got punished MANY times. they were called the stiff-necked people because they did not obey their god.