The Flight To Egypt

 

Matthew 2:13-23
13 After they'd left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and told him, “Get up, and take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Remain there until I tell you, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
14 So Joseph got up and took the boy and his mother, and left during the night for Egypt.
15 They stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord said through the prophet, “I called my son out of Egypt.”
16 When Herod realized he'd been fooled by the wise men, he got very angry. He sent men to kill all the young boys in Bethlehem and the regions nearby who were two years old and under. This was based on the time frame he'd discovered from the wise men.
17 In this way Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled:
18 “The sound of terrible weeping and mourning was heard in Rama, Rachel crying for her children. They are dead, and she can't be comforted.”
19 After Herod died the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and told him,
20 “Get up! Take the child and his mother, and return to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”
21 So Joseph got up and took the boy and his mother, and returned to the land of Israel.
22 But Joseph was afraid to go there after he learned that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as king of Judea. Warned in a dream, Joseph went to the Galilee area 23 and settled down in Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said, “He will be called a Nazarene.”