Text: Daniel 2:28
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 41:32
Subject: Divine revelation by dreams (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Genesis 41:32 explains that Pharaoh's dream was doubled because "the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly," establishing the principle that dream repetition signals divine certainty. Daniel 2:28 likewise presents Nebuchadnezzar's dream as God revealing "what will happen in the latter days" -- a divinely fixed future. Both texts share the conviction that dreams from God disclose נֶחֱרַץ (necheratz, "what has been decreed"), an irreversible divine plan. Daniel escalates the scope from Joseph's agricultural prediction to an eschatological vision of world-historical kingdoms, but the underlying theology of divine sovereignty over the future remains identical.