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Yosef and Daniel

Introduction

Content Parallels

Backdrop
  • Exile – Both the Yosef saga and the story of Daniel take place in exile, in Egypt and Bavel respectively.  In addition they were both taken away from their homes when they were young, and were the first to be exiled from their nation, in each the Egyptian exile and Babylonian exile.
  • Thrown into a pit – Yosef was thrown by his brothers into a pit and by Potiphar into prison, and so was Daniel put in the lion's den.
  • Position of power – Yosef, Daniel, and the other three children all rise to power in the king's palace.
  • Dual name –
  • Beauty and charm – 
Dreams and Solutions
  • The dream itself –
  • Reaction to dream –
  • Inability to solve –
  • Solution by Yosef and Daniel –
Position of power
  • Ruling over the land –
  • Signs of kingship – 
Religiosity
  • Hiding of identity –
  • Refuse to be swayed –