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