Matthew 2:18-20

Revised Standard Version

¹⁸“A voice was heard in Ramah,
wailing and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be consoled,
because they were no more.”

The Return from Egypt

¹⁹But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, ²⁰“Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”

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