Study it in the app“When Elyon gave the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.”
When Elyonבְּ עֶלְיוֹןgave the nationsגּוֹיִםtheir inheritance,הַנְחֵלwhen he separatedבְּהַפְרִידוֹthe sonsבְּנֵיof man,אָדָםhe setיַצֵּבthe boundariesגְּבֻלֹתof the peoplesעַמִּיםaccording to the numberלְמִסְפַּרof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Most High, Elyon
"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.
Where else “elyon” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “hanchel” appearsdivide
To separate others, divide.
Where else “hafrid” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “bene” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsset up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsev” appearsborder, territory
Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.
Where else “gevulot” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsPaul says something similar in Athens: God fixed for the peoples their times and the boundaries where they live (Acts 17:26).
7Remember the days of old, consider the years of generation and generation; ask your father, and he will declare it to you, your elders, and they will tell you.
8 · This verse (above)
9For the portion of YHWH is his people, Jacob the allotment of his inheritance.
