Now when
they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream
and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain
there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy
him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to
Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what
the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Herod Kills the Children
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the
wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in
Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to
the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what
was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be comforted, because they are
no more.”
The Return to Nazareth
19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and
his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life
are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the
land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in
place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a
dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a
city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be
fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing
ministry of Good News Publishers.
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