Variantly: "Is He not your Father, your Owner?": Moses said to Israel: You are beloved of Me. You are My acquisition, and not My inheritance. An analogy: A man inherited ten fields from his father, and he arose and acquired one of his own — which he loved more than all the fields that his father bequeathed him. Similarly: A man inherited ten country seats from his father, and he arose and acquired one of his own — which he loved more than all the country seats that his father bequeathed him. Thus, Moses said to Israel: You are beloved of Me. You are My acquisitions, and not My inheritance.