Matthew 3:16-17 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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Map of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus in Egypt
Joseph and Mary Flee to Egypt
Once Herod realized that he was deceived by the wise men he went on a rampage. He ordered the death of newborn babies in Bethlehem, and Joseph and Mary were warned in a dream to get out and go to Egypt with the child until those seeking his life were dead. They came out after a few months and arrived in the city of Nazareth in the region of Galilee.
"Jesus, having a manger at Bethlehem for his cradle,
received a visit of adoration from the three wise men of the East. At forty days
old he was taken to the temple at Jerusalem; and returning to Bethlehem, was
soon taken to Egypt to escape Herod's massacre of the infants there. After a few
months stay there, Herod having died in April, B.C. 4, the family returned to
their Nazareth home, where Jesus lived till he was about thirty years old,
subject to his parent, and increasing "in wisdom and stature, and in favor with
God and man." The only incident recorded of his early life is his going up to
Jerusalem to attend the passover when he was twelve years old, and his
conversation with the learned men in the temple. But we can understand the
childhood and youth of Jesus better when we remember the surrounding influences
amid which he grew." - Smith
Matthew 2:12-23
12 -
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they
departed into their own country another way.
13 -
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph
in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee
into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the
young child to destroy him.
14 -
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed
into Egypt:
15 -
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.
16 -
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth,
and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had
diligently enquired of the wise men.
17 -
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18 -
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are
not.
19 -
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt,
20 -
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.
21 -
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of
Israel.
22 -
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father
Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a
dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23 -
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
The Bible Mentions "Egypt"
Exodus 34:18 -
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the
month Abib thou camest out from
Egypt.
Genesis 46:7 -
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters,
and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Jeremiah 2:18 -
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt,
to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to
drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah 44:14 -
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of
Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall
return but such as shall escape.
Isaiah 19:22 -
And the LORD shall smite Egypt:
he shall smite and heal [it]: and they shall return [even] to the LORD, and he
shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
2 Kings 17:4 -
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers
to So king of Egypt,
and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year:
therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Exodus 23:15 -
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread
seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in
it thou camest out from Egypt:
and none shall appear before me empty:)
Exodus 10:13 -
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt,
and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all [that]
night; [and] when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus 9:25 -
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all
that [was] in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of
the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Exodus 13:9 -
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between
thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath
the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Jeremiah 44:30 -
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into
the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave
Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his
enemy, and that sought his life.
Ezekiel 20:5 -
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and
lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known
unto them in the land of
Egypt,
when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I [am] the LORD your God;
Numbers 11:18 -
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye
shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall
give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
1 Kings 8:16 -
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt,
I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name
might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Joshua 5:6 -
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the
people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt,
were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD
sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Jeremiah 43:11 -
And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt,
[and deliver] such [as are] for death to death; and such [as are] for captivity
to captivity; and such [as are] for the sword to the sword.
Genesis 47:6 -
The land of Egypt [is]
before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in
the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity
among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Ezekiel 29:12 -
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate
in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the
cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter
the Egyptians
among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Exodus 12:42 -
It [is] a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the
land of Egypt:
this [is] that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in
their generations.
Deuteronomy 16:1 -
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in
the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by
night.
Deuteronomy 17:16 -
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to
Egypt,
to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto
you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Joshua 24:4 -
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to
possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Judges 6:8 -
That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt,
and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Genesis 41:36 -
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine,
which shall be in the land of Egypt;
that the land perish not through the famine.
Deuteronomy 13:5 -
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he
hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of
the land of Egypt,
and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil
away from the midst of thee.
Joshua 24:32 -
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt,
buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of
Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the
inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Joshua 5:5 -
Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people [that
were] born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt,
[them] they had not circumcised.
Genesis 45:23 -
And to his father he sent after this [manner]; ten asses laden with the good
things ofEgypt,
and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
Exodus 8:17 -
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the
dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the
land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30:6 -
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall
fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall
they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
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