'Inheritance' in the Bible

The LORD spoke to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance."

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.