「要回顧往昔,追溯歷史;
問你們的父親,
他們必回答你們;
問你們的長者,
他們必告訴你們。
當初,至高者賜萬國產業,
把人類分開,
祂依照天使[a]的數目,
為萬族定疆界。
但以色列人屬於耶和華,
雅各是祂的產業。

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  1. 32·8 天使」希伯來文是「以色列的兒子」。

Remember the days of old;(A)
    consider the generations long past.(B)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(C)
When the Most High(D) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(E)
he set up boundaries(F) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](G)
For the Lord’s portion(H) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(I)

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God