Jacob, Joseph's father, adopted Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to share in Jacob's inheritance equally with Jacob's own sons ().
Jacob, Joseph's father, took in Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, so that they would have an equal share of Jacob's inheritance along with his own sons (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun).