en_tn/gen/41/35.md

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# General Information:
Joseph continues to counsel Pharaoh
# Let them gather
"Allow the overseers to gather"
# of these good years that are coming
This speaks of years as if they are something that travels and comes to a place. Alternate translation: "during the good years that will soon happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh
The phrase "under the authority of Pharaoh" means Pharaoh gives them authority. Alternate translation: "use the authority of Pharaoh to store the grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# They should preserve it
The word "they" refers to the overseers and represents the soldiers that they should command to guard the grain. Alternate translation: "The overseers should leave soldiers there to guard the grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])