Joseph, Mary, and Jesus Escape to Egypt
13 Now [after] they had gone away, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him."
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So he got up [and] took the child and his mother during the night and went away to Egypt.
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And he was there until the death of Herod, in order that what was said by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
Herod Has Innocent Children Murdered
16 Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.
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Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying,
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"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because {they exist no longer}."
Joseph, Mary, and Jesus Return to Nazareth
19 Now [after] Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
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saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."
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So he got up [and] took the child and his mother and {entered} the land of Israel.
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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 took refuge in the regions of Galilee.
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And he came [and] lived in a town called Nazareth, in order that what was said by the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene."