When, &c. i.e. He foreknew His purposes concerning Israel. See Gen_10:32. This was 200 years before Abraham.
MOST HIGH = 'eleyon. See App-4.
divided. As an inheritance. Compare Deu_32:9. Hebrew. nahal = to possess. See note on Deu_32:9. Not Hebrew. palag (Gen_10:25), which = to cleave by disruption, or parur (Gen_10:5, Gen_10:32), which = to divide by breaking off. (See note App-50.)