# 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. AT: "during the good years that will soon happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# store up grain under the authority of [Pharaoh](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh)

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]])

# They should preserve it

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]])