Matthew 2:13-22

Revised Geneva Translation

¹³ After their departure, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, and take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt. And stay there until I bring you word. For Herod will seek the Child to destroy Him.”

¹⁴ So he arose and took the Child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt.

¹⁵ And they were there until the death of Herod, so that which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, “Out of Egypt have I called my Son.”

¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged. And he sent forth and had put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and the surrounding territory who were two years old and under (according to the time which he had carefully determined from the wise men).

¹⁷ Then that which was spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, which says,

¹⁸ “A voice was heard in Ramah - mourning and weeping and howling greatly - Rachel weeping for her children. And she would not be comforted, because they were no more.”

¹⁹ And when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in Egypt, in a dream,

²⁰ saying, “Arise. And take the Child and His mother. And go into the land of Israel. For those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

²¹ Then he rose up, and took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

²² But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea (instead of his father Herod) he was afraid to go there. But after he was warned by God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee.