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Matthew 2:15

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Prophecy

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.”

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

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.

17 Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

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BSB
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.”
KJV
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
WEB
and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
ASV
and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
DARBY
And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
BLB
and there he was until the death of Herod, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
ÅB
og han ble der til Herodes' død for at det skulle oppfylles, det som profeten forutsa om Herren, der han sier: «Fra Egypt kalte jeg min sønn.»
OTB
hvor han ble til Herodes var død. Dette var for å oppfylle det Herren hadde talt gjennom profeten: “Fra Egypt kalte jeg min sønn.”
B1930
og han blev der til Herodes' død, forat det skulde opfylles som er talt av Herren ved profeten, som sier: Fra Egypten kalte jeg min sønn.

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