(1)Both rose to be second in command in their land of captivity.
Genesis 41:40
[40]You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”
Daniel 2:46-49
[46]Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honour and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.
[47]The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”
[48]Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men.
[49]Moreover, at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.
(2) Both were placed above the wise men of Egypt and Babylon
Daniel 6:1-3
[1]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
[2]with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.
[3]Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
Daniel 1:20
[20]In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.
Genesis 41:8
[8]In the morning, his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
(3)One exceptional quality between both personalities is the ability to understand and interpret dreams to give political and economic direction to government.
Genesis 41:15-16
[15]Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.”
[16]“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”
Daniel 4:4-9
[4]I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous.
[5]I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.
[6]So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.
[7]When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
[8]Finally, Daniel came into my presence, and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
[9]I said, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me.
(4) Both of them purposed not to sin against God and backed it with action.
Daniel 1:8-17
[8]But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.
[9]Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel,
[10]but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”
[11]Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,
[12]“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
[13]Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”
[14]So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
[15]At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.
[16]So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
[17]To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
Genesis 39:7-14
[7]and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
[8]But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
[9]No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”
[10]And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
[11]One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
[12]She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
[13]When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
[14]she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.