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.
He set
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Bible References
Divided
Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber; the name of one was Peleg (division), for [the inhabitants of] the earth were divided in his days; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore the name of the city was Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire earth; and from that place the Lord scattered and dispersed them over the surface of all the earth.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Acts 17:26
And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.
He set
Genesis 10:15
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
Genesis 15:18
On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
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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.