Did God establish Israel's boundaries from eternity?

Why did God choose the nation of Israel to be established within the boundaries of Canaan? Was this planned from the beginning and was it possible that before Noah cursed Canaan in Genesis 9 and the Table of Nations in Genesis 10, this was something that Noah and his family knew about? Could this explain why the curse of Canaan was so scandalous? After all, God knew which sacrifice Cain and Abel made was the "right" sacrifice even before the OT laws about sacrifices were established or officially revealed to human beings.