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37 lines
1.5 KiB
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# General Information:
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Joseph continues to counsel Pharaoh
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# Let them gather
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"Allow the overseers to gather"
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# 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
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The phrase "under the authority of Pharaoh" means Pharaoh gives them authority. AT: "use the authority of 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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# The food will be a supply for the land
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Here "land" refers to the people. AT: "This food will be for the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# In this way the land will not be devastated by the famine
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Here "land" stands for the people. This can be stated in active form. AT: "This way the people will not starve during the famine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devastated]] |