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.

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Bible References

Divided

Genesis 10:25
And 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 the name of it is called Babel; because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And from there Jehovah scattered them abroad on the face of all the earth.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens, even the heavens, are Jehovah's; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.
Acts 17:26
And He has made all nations of men of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth, ordaining fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,

He set

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan fathered Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 15:18
In the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

General references

Numbers 33:53
And you shall possess the land, and live in it. For I have given you the land to possess it.