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Matthew 2:14

Egypt
ObedienceProtection and safety

12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

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BSB
So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
KJV
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
WEB
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
ASV
And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;
DARBY
And, having arisen, he took to [him] the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
BLB
And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt,
ÅB
Da sto han opp og tok barnet og dets mor om natten og reiste til Egypt,
OTB
Så sto Josef opp, tok barnet og hans mor om natten, og dro til Egypt,
B1930
Da stod han op og tok barnet og dets mor om natten og drog bort til Egypten,

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