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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

John 2:5 → Genesis 41:55

Echo

Later text

John 2:5BSB

His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you."

Earlier text

Genesis 41:55BSB

When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you."

Significance

As Joseph provided famine relief, Jesus provides solution to present dilemma. Bengel's parallel is an echo carrying an analogy of provision — Jesus as the greater provider to whom the needy are sent — not a typological identification of Joseph with Christ.

Found via: Bengel, Gnomon of the New Testament (on John 2:5, comparing Genesis 41:55 — Pharaoh's “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do”); cf. The Pulpit Commentary
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy (provision); Longitudinal Theme (Providence) — Jesus in the Joseph-role of the one through whom provision comes; not a typological identification (per TT 084)

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Joseph (The Suffering Savior) Trajectory Table