Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

General references

Bible References

Divided

Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the sons of men.
Acts 17:26
and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

He set

Genesis 10:15
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

General references

Numbers 33:53
and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.