Text: Daniel 2:28-29
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 41:25
Subject: God reveals mysteries through dreams to exiles
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Daniel 2:28-29 identifies God as the "Revealer of Mysteries" (גָּלֵה רָזִין, galeh razin) who shows kings "what will happen," directly paralleling Joseph's declaration in Genesis 41:25 that "God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do." The structural parallels are extensive: both involve a Jewish exile in a foreign court, pagan wise men who fail to interpret a royal dream, and a faithful servant who credits God alone with the interpretation. Daniel's additional phrase "in the latter days" (בְּאַחֲרִית יוֹמַיָּא) escalates the horizon from near-term agricultural prophecy to eschatological world history, while preserving the Joseph template.
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Text: Genesis 41:25
OT Text Referred to: Daniel 2:28-29
Subject: Divine Revelation by Dreams
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology
Significance: Joseph declares to Pharaoh "God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do" (Gen 41:25), and Daniel echoes this pattern precisely: "there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days" (Dan 2:28). Both men stand before pagan kings whose wise men have failed, both attribute interpretive ability to God alone (Gen 41:16; Dan 2:27-28), and both receive divinely revealed knowledge of future events through dreams. Daniel's language deliberately parallels Joseph's, identifying the same God who revealed Pharaoh's dream as the one who now reveals Nebuchadnezzar's. The structural parallel—foreign exile, failed court magicians, God-given interpretation, subsequent elevation—marks Daniel as a Joseph-like figure in Babylon.