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Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?

Remember the days of old, think upon every generation: ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: thy elders and they will tell thee.

When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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Is this the way you repay(A) the Lord,
    you foolish(B) and unwise people?(C)
Is he not your Father,(D) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(E)

Remember the days of old;(F)
    consider the generations long past.(G)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(H)
When the Most High(I) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(J)
he set up boundaries(K) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](L)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God