They knew that their family, like other Israelite families, would receive a piece of land that had been allotted to their father.
فَقَدِ ٱقْتَضَتِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةُ أَنْ يَنْتَقِلَ ٱلْمِيرَاثُ إِلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ لَا ٱلْبَنَاتِ .‏