‘ And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.'
Having outlined the southern border of their inheritance we are told that the combined tribe ‘took their inheritance'. We are probably to understand by this their acceptance of their lot. First Judah received their lot, and now Joseph. Progress in dividing the land is now being made. Note that it is a joint inheritance which will now be expanded in detail. Manasseh is unusually named first, here specifically as the firstborn (Joshua 17:1; Genesis 48:1; Genesis 48:13-14), stressing the inheritance aspect. But the thought may include that they began to take possession of what they could.