The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, (A)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.”

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The Escape to Egypt

13 When they had gone, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(B) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”(C)

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20 But as he considered these things, behold, (A)an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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20 But after he had considered this, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream(B) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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11 When Peter (A)came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that (B)the Lord has sent his angel and (C)rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

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11 Then Peter came to himself(A) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(B) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

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When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,

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When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants.

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19 But during the night (A)an angel of the Lord (B)opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

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19 But during the night an angel(A) of the Lord opened the doors of the jail(B) and brought them out.(C)

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Herod Kills the Children

16 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.

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16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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12 And (A)being warned (B)in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

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12 And having been warned(A) in a dream(B) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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15 In (A)a dream, in (B)a vision of (C)the night,
    when (D)deep sleep falls on men,
    while they slumber on their beds,

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15 In a dream,(A) in a vision(B) of the night,(C)
    when deep sleep(D) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,

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22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, (A)“Every son that is born to the Hebrews[a] you shall cast into (B)the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:22 Samaritan, Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew lacks to the Hebrews

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(A) but let every girl live.”(B)

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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 (A)those who sought the child's life are dead.”

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The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared in a dream(B) to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(C)

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The woman conceived and bore a son, and (A)when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes[a] and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the (B)reeds by the river bank.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 Hebrew papyrus reeds

and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine(A) child, she hid him for three months.(B) But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(C) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(D) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(E) along the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.

14 But the woman was given the two (A)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent (B)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished (C)for a time, and times, and half a time.

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14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,(A) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,(B) out of the serpent’s reach.

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and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for (A)1,260 days.

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The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.(A)

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