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
Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the Lord’s,
but the earth He has given to the human race.
Acts 17:26
From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

He set

Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,
Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:

General references

Numbers 33:53
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.

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