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Matthew 2:20

Protection and safety

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
KJV
Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
WEB
“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
ASV
Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child`s life.
DARBY
Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.
BLB
saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the life of the Child have died.”
ÅB
«Stå opp, ta barnet og dets mor, og dra til Israel! For som sto barnet etter livet er døde.»
OTB
og sa: “Stå opp, ta barnet og hans mor, og dra til Israels land, for de som ville ta barnets liv er døde.”
B1930
Stå op, ta barnet og dets mor og dra til Israels land! for de er døde som stod barnet efter livet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 4:19

    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

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  • 1 Kings 12:1–3

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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  • Matthew 2:13

    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.”

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  • 1 Kings 11:21

    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

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  • 1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

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  • Proverbs 3:5–6

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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